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Author:

Fern, Tracey E.

Title:

Dare the wind. / Tracey Fern ; pictures by Emily Arnold McCully.

Publisher:

Margaret Ferguson BooksFarrar Straus Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Creesy, Eleanor,--1814-1900--Juvenile literature.
Flying Cloud (Clipper-ship)--Juvenile literature.
Women sailors--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

McCully, Emily Arnold, illustrator.

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.

ISBN:

0374316996
9780374316990 (hard)

LCCN:

2013007868

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