This exciting new biography of Josiah Perkins Creesy and Eleanor Prentiss Creesy, fills in the blanks of their life story before and after the record-breaking voyages of the Clipper Ship Flying Cloud. An in-depth look into their private lives from rare journals, letters and memoirs, provides an entirely different perspective on their marriage and personalities. Privileged educations and strict religious upbringings motivated them to escape Marblehead, but not without grief and drama from the sudden deaths of family members, scandals, and a shocking exposé that nearly destroyed Josiah's career. Eleanor kept her own list of secrets, including a traumatic miscarriage in 1851. She was constantly subjected to her husband's stern discipline while bearing witness to racism, slavery, and the barbaric "Coolie Trade" with unimaginable consequences. Josiah also served in the Supplemental Navy during the Civil War as Lieutenant Commander of the USS Ino. He was involved in taking political prisoners in Morocco, the led to an "international crisis," a Court Martial and dismissal from the Navy. He then abandoned his wife and country to assume command of the Clipper Ship Archer to restore his reputation. A relentless drive ended his life by age 57. Eleanor was left a widow and died in obscurity in 1900. Her unassuming role as navigator eventually became a national sensation during the height of the Women's Suffrage Movement when the grandson of an "old guard shipmaster" informed the press that "Mrs. Creesy" took command of the Flying Cloud and brought her safely home from China.