Dare the Wind

Dare the Wind
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages : 40
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ISBN-10 : 9781466860148
ISBN-13 : 1466860146
Rating : 4/5 (146 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Dare the Wind by : Tracey Fern

Download or read book Dare the Wind written by Tracey Fern and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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