LEADER 00000nim 2200457 a 4500 003 TLC 005 20141231195215.0 006 m h 007 cr una|||||||| 007 sz usnnnn|||ed 008 140101s2014 nyunnnn o|||||||| n eng d 020 9781629231914 (electronic audio bk.) 035 (OCoLC)869543538 037 EBF60755-92FF-44B1-B446-F91150A51F83|bOverDrive, Inc. |nhttp://www.overdrive.com 040 TLC|cTLC|erda|dUtOrBLW 082 00 813/.54 082 00 813/.54 082 00 813/.54|223 099 eAudiobook OverDrive/Libby 100 1 Martin, Valerie,|d1948- 245 14 The ghost of the Mary Celeste|h[OverDrive/Libby electronic resource]|ba novel /|cValerie Martin. 264 1 New York :|bNan A. Talese/Doubleday,|c2014. 300 1 sound file :|bdigital 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 500 Electronic audio file. 511 0 Read by Susie Berneis. 520 "A captivating, atmospheric return to historical fiction that is every bit as convincing and engrossing as Martin's landmark Mary Reilly. In 1872 the American merchant vessel Mary Celeste was discovered adrift off the coast of Spain. Her cargo was intact and there was no sign of struggle, but the crew was gone. They were never found. This maritime mystery lies at the center of an intricate narrative branching through the highest levels of late- nineteenth-century literary society. While on a voyage to Africa, a rather hard-up and unproven young writer named Arthur Conan Doyle hears of the Mary Celeste and decides to write an outlandish short story about what took place. This story causes quite a sensation back in the United States, particularly between sought-after Philadelphia spiritualist medium Violet Petra and a rational-minded journalist named Phoebe Grant, who is seeking to expose Petra as a fraud. Then there is the family of the Mary Celeste's captain, a family linked to the sea for generations and marked repeatedly by tragedy. Each member of this ensemble cast holds a critical piece to the puzzle of the Mary Celeste. These three elements--a ship found sailing without a crew, a famous writer on the verge of enormous success, and the rise of an unorthodox and heretical religious fervor--converge in unexpected ways, in diaries, in letters, in safe harbors and rough seas. In a haunted, death-obsessed age, a ghost ship appearing in the mist is by turns a provocative mystery, an inspiration to creativity, and a tragic story of the disappearance of a family and of a bond between husband and wife that, for one moment, transcends the impenetrable barrier of death. "--|cProvided by publisher. 533 Electronic reproduction.|bChicago|cDreamscape Media, LLC |d2014|nAvailable via World Wide Web. 650 0 Ghost stories.|vSound recordings. 650 0 Paranormal fiction.|vSound recordings. 655 7 Sea stories.|2gsafd 655 7 Historical fiction.|2gsafd 655 7 Electronic audio books.|2local 710 2 OverDrive, Inc. 856 40 |zAvailable on OverDrive/Libby|uhttps:// naperville.overdrive.com/media/EBF60755-92FF-44B1-B446- F91150A51F83