They Were All Strangers: The Wreck of the John Milton at Montauk, New York

"Her crew were frozen in blocks of ice." Long Island has long been known as the place of untold numbers of disasters at sea, many ending tragically. Few afford the many accounts of individuals expressing their grief and compassion at the loss of humankind in such a disaster, especially when those lost were totally unknown to them. "They Were All Strangers: The Wreck of the John Milton at Montauk, New York" captures the dismal drama of a nineteenth century shipwreck - the heartbreak, horror...