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Major Knox Faces Cholera on a Starving Ship
On a crowded voyage bound for home, Major Herbert Knox shields Mary Dinning and Joe Palmer as cholera sweeps the steerage. Amid fear, bravado, and acts of self sacrifice, the ship's crew and passengers battle illness, with Palmer's fever and Knox’s final fate shaping a grim frontier between life and death at sea.
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Joe Palmer
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Herbert Knox