Dick Boldhero: Or a Tale of Adventures in South America (1845)

Ships Passing tells a tale of compelling love and adventure as Sarah, a young girl of the Society of the Friends, chooses between her love for Samuel, a non-Quaker from aaway, a and duty to faith and family. Samuelas love for Sarah tears him from his wealthy merchant family. Battered by differing faiths and cultures, pushed apart by Samuelas greedy, decadent family, their only advocate is Sarahas grandmother, a spritely and wise woman. They agree to part. As a schooner captain, Samuel encounters a stow-awayahis brotheras beautiful, disillusioned lover. Rebelling against her parentsa orders and bitterly eschewing her faith, Sarah battles her way into the world of European artists. Ripped by circumstance, distance and pride, Sarah and Samuelas love beckons them closer. Will their passion bring them together in Europe, despite all torments and obstacles thrown in their way?