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A native of Richmond, Virginia, who kicked around New York
City for a decade, Dean King is an award-winning author
of nonfiction books. A former contributing editor to Men's
Journal, Dean has writen for Esquire, Travel & Leisure,
New York Magazine and the New York Times, among others.
His books include the highly acclaimed, best-selling Patrick
O'Brian companion books A Sea of Words (1995), Harbors and
High Seas (1996) and Every Man Will Do His Duty (1997).
His biography Patrick O'Brian: A Life Revealed (2000) was
a Daily Telegraph book of the year.
Skeletons
on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
tells the story of Connecticut sea captain James Riley and
the crew of the merchant brig Commerce, who were shipwrecked
on the West Coast of Africa in 1815 and enslaved by Arab
nomads. Featured in Time magazine and on NPR and serialized
in National Geographic Adventure, Skeletons on the Zahara
was named a best book of the year by the Washington Post,
the San Francisco Chronicle, Salon.com, and other publications.
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