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Name: Skeletons on the Zahara
Author: Dean King

Chronicles the 1815 ordeal of the captain and crew of the American cargo ship "Commerce" after the brig wrecked off the northwest coast of Africa, during which the men were sold into slavery and forced on a torturous trek across the Sahara.

First publish date: 2004

Authors: Dean King

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