The Last Cruise of Saginaw is a novel following the lives of a naval crew on the ship the Saginaw. The eventual wreck is a marvel worth reading. Excerpt: «Dear Mr. Read:— I am greatly obliged to you for letting me read your deeply interesting account of the wreck of the poor Saginaw and the loss of Lieutenant Talbot. With General Cutter's approval, I shall take the manuscript with me to Boston, but I will return it carefully. I leave the two photographs, but I have the curious drawing and newspaper scraps, which I will safely return. Very truly yours, Edward E. Hale.»
