Looking for a Ship

ISBN-10
0921912226
ISBN-13
9780921912224
Category
Seafaring life
Pages
241
Language
English
Published
1991-11-06
Publisher
MacFarlane Walter & Ross
Author
John McPhee

Description

This is an extraordinary tale of life aboard what may be one of the last American merchant ships. As the story begins, Andy Chase, who holds a license as a second mate is looking for a ship. In less than ten years, the United States Merchant Marine has shrunk from more than two thousand ships to fewer than four hundred, and Chase faces the scarcity of jobs from which all American merchant mariners have been suffering.

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