Making the Best of Things: A Dangerous Business | Novelhistorian
Review: A Dangerous Business, by Jane Smiley Knopf, 2022. 208 pp. $28 Monterey, California, is an up-and-coming place in 1851. Though far from the goldfields, the town has nevertheless attracted ranchers and businessmen, some of the latter engaged in trade via its seaport. But a seaport means sailors, and men long aboard ship desiring female…