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Sailing Home: A Story of a Childhood at Sea
Sailing Home A Story of a Childhood at Sea
Author: T Rand, Ted Rand
Games of tag on the deck; swings tied to the masts; a floating farmyard filled with chickens and ducks and even a pig; exotic pets, including a mongoose, a monkey, a kangaroo; studying astronomy and celestial navigation under the stars and geography with firsthand visits all over the world. This was the childhood of the four Madsen children who ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780735815391
ISBN-10: 0735815399
Publication Date: 8/1/2001
Pages: 32
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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Publisher: North-South
Book Type: Hardcover
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"Based on the journal kept by Captain Madsen and his daughter Ena, the story of this seafaring family is brought to life for modern children by Gloria and Ted Rand. Culminating in a dramatic Chrismas Eve storm at sea, this is at once a rousing adventure and an intriguing look at a unique lifestyle that wil fascinate yound and old alike." Set in the 1800s.


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