The Crater; Or, Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the Pacific

“The Crater, or Vulcan's Peak: a Tale of the Pacific” is a novel by James Fenimore Cooper first published in 1847. Cooper incorporated knowledge of ship construction he had acquired while working as a U.S. Navy midshipman in the 1810s. From merely surviving the loss of his shipmates and the embayment of his ship within The Reef, protagonist and role-model Mark Woolston goes on to thrive by his own...