Looking for a Ship

Looking for a Ship
ISBN-10
1429958111
ISBN-13
9781429958110
Category
Transportation
Pages
242
Language
English
Published
2011-04-01
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Author
John McPhee

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.

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