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Looking for a shipJohn McPhee

Looking for a ship

1990241 pages
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8 editions · 2 languages

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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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8 editions · 2 languages
  • Hardcover · English · 1993
    Random House Value Publishing · 9780517106976
  • Paperback · English · 1991
    Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 254 pages · 9780374523190
  • Other · English · 2011
    Farrar, Straus & Giroux · 9781429958110
  • Other · English · 1991
    Thorndike Press · 299 pages · 9781560541028
  • Other · English · 1990
    Macfarlane Walter & Ross · 241 pages · 9780921912095
  • Other · English · 1990
    Farrar Straus Giroux · 241 pages · 9780374190774
Seafaring lifeStella Lykes (Ship)JourneysMerchant shipsMerchant marine