The Wreck of the Albion by John S. Warner
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October 2022
Originally published 1862
Dime novel, Age of Sail
Author: John S. Warner
ePublished by
October 2022
Originally published 1862
Dime novel, Age of Sail
Author: John S. Warner
The Wreck of the Albion; A Tale of the Sea, No. 46 of the Beadle’s Dime Novels series, is about family, honor, and romantic love more than about sailing, but in the process of telling that story the author places the reader on a sailing ship in the midst of a particularly vicious Caribbean hurricane, and wrecks that ship, leaving the main protagonists struggling to survive afterward. As so often happens in a good Age of Sail story, the ocean provides the crucible that highlights the triumphs and failures of men.
About the author, John S. Warner, next to nothing is known, other than he wrote a number of dime novels for Beadle and Company’s various dime novel series. The most we have been able to learn about Mr. Warner comes from two sentences on the website of the Northern Illinois University Libraries: “John S. Warner was probably the true name of the author since he was writing in the early days of the Dime Novel before pseudonyms became common. In a Beadle blurb he was called ‘a sailor of experience.’”
About the author, John S. Warner, next to nothing is known, other than he wrote a number of dime novels for Beadle and Company’s various dime novel series. The most we have been able to learn about Mr. Warner comes from two sentences on the website of the Northern Illinois University Libraries: “John S. Warner was probably the true name of the author since he was writing in the early days of the Dime Novel before pseudonyms became common. In a Beadle blurb he was called ‘a sailor of experience.’”