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Looking for a Ship

John McPhee

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#2147 of 3,809 books · #95 in General

Shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1991).

This is an extraordinary tale of life on the high seas aboard one of the last American merchant ships, the S.S. Stella Lykes, on a forty-two-day journey from Charleston down the Pacific coast of South America. As the crew of the Stella Lykes makes their ocean voyage, they tell stories of other runs and other ships, tales of disaster, stupidity, greed, generosity, and courage.

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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN-13
9781429958110
Topics
Merchant marine lifeMaritime industry declineSea voyage

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