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Flying Cloud: The True Story of America's Most Famous Clipper Ship and the Woman Who Guided Her
Flying Cloud The True Story of America's Most Famous Clipper Ship and the Woman Who Guided Her
Author: David W. Shaw
In 1851, Elanor Creesy, in a position almost unheard of for a woman in the mid-nineteenth century, served as the navigator on the maiden voyage of the clipper ship Flying Cloud -- traveling from New York to San Francisco in only eighty-nine days. This swift passage set a world record that went unbroken for more than a century. Upon arriva...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060934781
ISBN-10: 0060934786
Publication Date: 7/1/2001
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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