The Cape by Charles Whitecar Miskelly

This marvelous story, about a British sailor shipwrecked off on Sunset Beach in the 17th century, was rediscovered after lying in a closet for around 60 years. Famous Philadelphia publisher J. B. Lippincott wanted to publish the book in the 1940s but the author, a blue-collar carpenter called Charles Whitecar Miskelly, wouldn't let them change a word.