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title: 'The Life Cruise of Captain Bess Adams: A Temperance Tale'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Julia McNair Wright'
date: 1879-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Fiction'
- 'Temperance'
- 'Family, Marriage, and Roles of Men and Women'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 127'
- 'Proverbs 22'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/wright-1879-the-life-cruise-of-captain-bess-adams-a-temperance-tale
---

# The Life Cruise of Captain Bess Adams: A Temperance Tale

Temperance tale (1879) by Julia McNair Wright. Captain Phil Adams returns to Lucky Cove, names his newborn daughter Bess, and celebrates simple family life and duty.

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