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Signed First-Run Hardcover Edition
The Burning of the Royal Tar, 1836
A Historical Investigation into the Tragedy
By Dennis Dorsey
Signed First-Run Hardcover Edition
The Burning of the Royal Tar, 1836
A Historical Investigation into the Tragedy
By Dennis Dorsey
A historical investigation into one of Maine’s most misunderstood maritime disasters. Royal Tar, Penobscot Bay, 1836
Records. Geography. Vessel history. Survivors. The final hours of the Royal Tar.
About Dennis Dorsey
Dennis Dorsey brings a lifetime of investigative and field experience to his writing. A twenty-five-year law enforcement officer, digital forensics investigator, U.S. Air Force veteran, licensed mariner, and professional underwater diver, he has spent decades tracing difficult questions through records, evidence, coastal waters, and wreck sites.
His work on the Royal Tar draws from criminal investigation, information technology, maritime fieldwork, documentary research, marine biology, maritime archaeology, and technical diving. Whether working with historical records or offshore charts, his purpose is the same: to recover what can be known and say it plainly.