All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud (Nonpareil Book, 35.) (Godine Storyteller)
by Armstrong Sperry Author
(From Amazon): Who can love the spread of canvas and the bend of the oak and not thrill to the names of the great clippers built by Donald McKay? Great Republic, Sovereign of the Seas, Lightening, Star of the Empire, and Westward Ho these names ring from an era when the windships were the queens of the ocean and sail was king. But the most famous, the one that most securely captured the hearts and imaginations of the entire nation, was McKay's masterpiece, the Flying Cloud.Here is the story of Enoch Thacher, a boy whose father lost his fortune at sea, who McKay takes on during the lofting, building, and rigging of the Cloud, and who finally ships out on her for her maiden, record-breaking trip around the Horn. Accompanied by Sperry's wonderfully vigorous drawings, this realistic and riveting narrative will keep even landlubbers pegged to their seats.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780879235239
- Print Status
- In Print
- chapters
- 10
- Pages
- 192
- Publisher
- David R Godine
- Copyright
- 1995
chapters
- 1 I Meet Donald McKay and Swear a Vow
- 2 A Ship is Born
- 3 The Unforseen Happens- I Go to Sea
- 4 I Make Three Friends and Get my Sea Legs
- 5 My First Fight and an Enemy Made
- 6 A Passport From Neptune
- 7 Yarns Spun in the Second Dogwatch
- 8 The Flying Cloud in the Roaring 40's
- 9 The Pacific Slant - Whales- I Remember a Vow
- 10 Land Ho
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