{"product_id":"book-grei","title":"The Curse of the Somers","description":"The greatest controversy in the history of the US Navy of the early American Republic was the revelation that the son of the Secretary of War had seemingly plotted a bloody mutiny that would have turned the US brig \u003ci\u003eSomers\u003c\/i\u003e into a pirate ship. The plot discovered, he and his coconspirators were hastily condemned and hanged at sea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe repercussions of those acts brought headlines, scandal, a fistfight at a cabinet meeting, a court martial, ruined lives, lost reputations, and tales of a haunted ship \"bound for the devil\" and lost tragically at sea with many of its crew. The \"\u003ci\u003eSomers\u003c\/i\u003e affair\" led to the founding of the US Naval Academy and it remains the Navy's only acknowledged mutiny in its history. The story also inspired Herman Melville's \u003ci\u003eWhite-Jacket\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBilly Budd\u003c\/i\u003e. Others connected to the \u003ci\u003eSomers\u003c\/i\u003e included Commodore Perry, a relation and defender of the \u003ci\u003eSomers\u003c\/i\u003e's captain Mackenzie; James Fenimore Cooper, whose feud with the captain, dating back to the War of 1812, resurfaced in his reportage of the affair; and Raphael Semmes, the \u003ci\u003eSomers\u003c\/i\u003e's last captain, who later served in the Confederate Navy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Curse of the Somers\u003c\/i\u003e is a thorough recreation of this classic tale, told with the help of recently uncovered evidence.","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49356500599088,"sku":"BDgrei","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49356500631856,"sku":"ZEgrei","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49356500861232,"sku":"ZMgrei","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/grei-Square-cover.jpg?v=1780196472","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-grei","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}