β Scribed by William Williams
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An 18th century sailor is cast away in a multi-ethnic New World in this long-neglected classic regarded as the first American novel every written.
Mr. Penrose narrates the adventures of a Llewellin Penrose who flees an unhappy home life to seek his fortune on the high seas. Having learned the sailor's trade, Penrose survives a series of nautical mishaps, only to be cast adrift on the Mosquito Coast. When rescue finally comes, Penrose refuses to abandon the new home he has made among the Indians.
Though not officially published until 1815βposthumously and bowdlerizedβpainter and seafarer William Williams's dynamic adventure was actually written before 1780, making it unjustly forgotten as, arguably, the first American novel. Publishers may have been wary of "a work of imagination", but Lord Byron could barely contain his enthusiasm for this unique tale: "I have never read so much of a book in one sitting in my life. He kept me up half...
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