The New Landers : an early american novel

In 1788, the MacKinnons, a young Scottish family crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a wooden, 70 foot, sailing vessel. The 56 day voyage was a hellish experience. Huge waves, a hurricane, typhus, passenger deaths, bilge rats and people "buried at sea". Midway across, young Grace Curry MacKinnon gave birth, under intense circumstances, to her second (of 12 children), Christian MacKinnon