Pre-Owned Looking for a Ship (Paperback) 0374523193 9780374523190

Name: Pre-Owned Looking for a Ship (Paperback) 0374523193 9780374523190
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Pre-Owned Looking for a Ship (Paperback) 0374523193 9780374523190 Looking for a Ship Paperback John McPhee

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Title: Looking for a Ship
Book Format: Paperback
ISBN10: 0374523193
EAN: 9780374523190
Genre: SPORTS & RECREATION / Sailing
Author: McPhee, John
Pre-Owned Condition- Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

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Fiction/nonfiction
Non-Fiction
Genre
Travel & Nature
Publication date
September, 1991
Pages
256
Reading level
Grade 2

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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.

With John McPhee along, Chase finds a job as a second mate aboard the S.S. Stella Lykes, captained by the extraordinary Paul McHenry Washburn. The journey takes them on a forty-two day run down the Pacific coast of South America, with stops to unload and pick up freight at such ports as Cartagena, Valparaiso, Balboa, Lima, and Guayaquil--an area notorious for pirates. As the crew make their ocean voyage, they tell sea stories of other runs and other ships, tales of disaster, stupidity, greed, generosity, and courage. Through the journey itself and the tales told emerge the history and character of a fascinating calling.

Title: Looking for a Ship
Book Format: Paperback
ISBN10: 0374523193
EAN: 9780374523190
Genre: SPORTS & RECREATION / Sailing
Author: McPhee, John
Pre-Owned Condition- Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

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Fiction/nonfiction

Non-Fiction

Genre

Travel & Nature

Publication date

September, 1991

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