Dare the Wind: The Record-Breaking Voyage of Eleanor Prentiss and the Flying Cloud

Name: Dare the Wind: The Record-Breaking Voyage of Eleanor Prentiss and the Flying Cloud
Brand: FARRAR STRAUSS & GIROUX
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Ellen Prentiss's papa said she was born with saltwater in her veins, so he gave her sailing lessons and taught her how to navigate. As soon as she met a man who loved sailing like she did, she married him. When her husband was given command of a clipper ship custom-made to travel quickly, she knew that they would need every bit of its speed for their maiden voyage: out of New York City, down around the tip of Cape Horn, and into San Francisco, where the Gold Rush was well under way. In a time when few women even accompanied their husbands onboard, Ellen Prentiss navigated their ship to set the world record for speed along that route. A Margaret Ferguson Book

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Number of Pages:: 540
Release Date:: 2014-02-18
Publication Date:: 2014-02-18
Publisher:: FARRAR STRAUSS & GIROUX
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0374316996
ISBN13:: 9780374316990
Minimum Reading Age:: 2
Maximum Reading Age:: 6
Weight:: 402 g
Height:: 22.5 cm
Width:: 26.1 cm
Thickness:: 1.5 cm

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