| Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
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Color map on lining papers. |
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"The record-breaking voyage of Eleanor Prentiss and the Flying Cloud" -- cover. |
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Nutmeg Book Award nominee, Grade 2-4 Elementary, 2016. |
| 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. |
| Note |
"Margaret Ferguson Books." |
| Subject |
Creesy, Eleanor, 1814-1900 -- Juvenile literature.
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Flying Cloud (Clipper-ship) -- Juvenile literature.
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Women sailors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Creesy, Eleanor, 1814-1900.
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Flying Cloud (Clipper-ship)
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Women sailors -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
McCully, Emily Arnold, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780374316990 hardback |
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0374316996 hardback |
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