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All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud

Current price: $14.95
All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud
All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud

Barnes and Noble

All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud

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When his father loses his fortune at sea, a boy, Enoch Thacher, signs up with a famous shipbuilder and takes a record-breaking trip around Cape Horn on the famous . The was a real ship and its maker was master shipbuilder, Donald McKay (1810-1880). The era depicted in this novel is a time when the windships were the queens of the ocean and sail was king. McKay’s company, located in East Boston, launched many of the fastest clipper ships in history, with being his most famous ship of all. In , McKay puts Enoch to work during the lofting, building, and rigging of the , and then to ship out on her for her maiden, record-breaking trip around the Horn. Accompanied by Sperry’s wonderfully vigorous drawings, this realistic nautical yarn from the glory days of sail will appeal to adults as well as young adult readers with a taste for historical adventure.

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