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John McPhee

Looking For A Ship

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Sep 15, 1990)

9780374190774

| Hardcover

242 pages | 149 x 210 mm | English

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Dewey 910.45

LC Classification G540 .M365 1990

LC Control No. 90003311

Subject

Merchant Marine - United States
Seafaring Life

Plot

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.