A horrific nightmare and one unbelievable survival. In Liverpool, England, 1856, Captain Alexander Kelley manned a sailship bound for New York with over 100 passengers, mostly Irish immigrants searching for a better life in North America. Passenger, Thomas W. Nye, is among them and what he shares of his harrowing tale is not for the faint of heart. This is the story of the John Rutledge.

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