The King’s Indian (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)

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Jonathan Adams Upchurch, a nineteen- year-old Boston schoolmaster. An intellectually restless and curious young man, he is determined to save enough money to purchase a farm in Illinois, but, in an uncharacteristic moment of drunken jubilation, he buys a small sailboat and ends up on the whaling ship Jerusalem. Although walleyed and a lifelong landsman, he is strong and capable and soon becomes one of the ship’s crew. After discovering that the Jerusalem is a mystery ship, Jonathan follows clues that lead only to deeper complexities....

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