ENGLISH

Looking for a Ship

By John McPhee

Book information

Publisher
Straus and Giroux, Noonday Press;Farrar
Year
1991
ISBN
9781429958110, 1429958111, 0-374-19077-1, 978-0-374-52319-0
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
677 kB (693595 bytes)
Pages
241\0
Time added
2019-09-24 23:49:35
Stella Lykes (Ship);Seafaring life;TRANSPORTATION;

Description

This is an extraordinary tale of life on the high seas aboard one of the last American merchant ships, the S.S. Stella Lykes, on a forty-two-day journey from Charleston down the Pacific coast of South America. As the crew of the Stella Lykes makes their ocean voyage, they tell stories of other runs and other ships, tales of disaster, stupidity, greed, generosity, and courage. Abstract: This is an extraordinary tale of life on the high seas aboard one of the last American merchant ships, the S.S. Stella Lykes, on a forty-two-day journey from Charleston down the Pacific coast of South America. As the crew of the Stella Lykes makes their ocean voyage, they tell stories of other runs and other ships, tales of disaster, stupidity, greed, generosity, and courage

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