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Title:
Dare the wind
ISBN:
9780374316990
Publication Information:
New York : Margaret Ferguson Books, Farrar Straus Giroux, [2014]
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
General Note:
Color map on lining papers.
Reading Level:
AD 880 L Lexile
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Summary:
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.
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