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    In the Wake of Madness: Book Review

    Natives murdered Captain Howes Norris on the whaleship Sharon, and people assumed that the reason was because of their savage ways. Author Joan Druett searched for the real story behind the murder in ...

    Niki Taylor
    April 1, 2003
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