The Crater; Or, Vulcan’S Peak: A Tale Of The Pacific

«The Crater; or, Vulcan’s Peak: A Tale of the Pacific» is a novel in which Cooper incorporated knowledge of ship construction he had acquired while working as a U.S. Navy midshipman in the 1810s. From merely surviving the loss of his shipmates and the embayment of his ship within The Reef, protagonist and role-model Mark Woolston goes on to thrive by his own industry.