by Iotis Erlewine
synopsis
This suspenseful sea story from Herman Melville takes place in the Caribbean. An American captain comes to the aid of Spanish Captain Benito Cereno when the ship seems to be in trouble. Cereno makes a desperate escape from his ship and tells a harrowing tale of a slave revolt.
characteristics
- Rescue
- Sickness
- Slave
- Mutiny
- Illness
- Captain [military]
