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Great American Sailing Stories

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Great American Sailing Stories

By Tom McCarthy

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About the book

Few people would want to test their mettle in an ice-encrusted boat with an Arctic explorer, sail the Straits of Magellan with Joshua Slocum, or watch with Owen Chase as an angry whale sends his ship to the bottom, thousands of miles from the nearest land. But it's quite another thing to read these true accounts while settled into a favorite chair. Rich in drama and history, Great American Sailing Stories will entertain, inform, and inspire-these are enduring stories that have attracted generati...Show more

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ISBN

9781493033737

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Published year

2018

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Great American Sailing Stories

Format

Paperback

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