The whaling ship Catalpa set out from Massachusetts to undertake a daring yearlong mission of international rescue.
American captain George Anthony risked his career as a whaler and his life to rescue a group of British-soldiers-turned-Irish-rebels known as The Fremantle Six from their prison in Australia.
The voyage of the Catalpa tells of the perilous journey undertaken to release six Irish rebels from gaol in 1875.
This true story reads like a an action adventure novel.