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All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud (Nonpareil Book, 35.) | 
| Author: Armstrong Sperry
Publisher: David R Godine
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 407763
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 175
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0879235233
EAN: 9780879235239
ASIN: 0879235233
Publication Date: March 1, 1995
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Condition: light wear to covers noted,interior clean, binding tight _all items ship same or next day and are packaged well
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Who can love the spread of canvas and the bend of the oak and not thrill to the names of the great clippers built by Donald McKay? Great Republic, Sovereign of the Seas, Lightening, Star of the Empire, and Westward Ho these names ring from an era when the windships were the queens of the ocean and sail was king. But the most famous, the one that most securely captured the hearts and imaginations of the entire nation, was McKay's masterpiece, the Flying Cloud.
Here is the story of Enoch Thacher, a boy whose father lost his fortune at sea, who McKay takes on during the lofting, building, and rigging of the Cloud, and who finally ships out on her for her maiden, record-breaking trip around the Horn. Accompanied by Sperry's wonderfully vigorous drawings, this realistic and riveting narrative will keep even landlubbers pegged to their seats.
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| Customer Reviews:
A Ripping Yarn February 15, 2006
J. Brian Watkins (San Dimas, CA United States)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Though he writes for younger readers, Sperry has an unmatched gift for writing adventure tales. This reissue is an essential of its genre and takes you in a clipper ship around the Horn to California. Of all the sea stories I've read--Hornblower, Aubrey/Maturin--this little work actually managed to explain more sailing terminology than 21 volumes of the O'Brien series. And the author's superb woodcuts fit the story perfectly. What sets this story apart is its ability to convey the adventure of going to sea, the wonder of the open ocean, of exploring remote places seldom visited by man. For this deskbound reviewer who is hardpressed to get off to Catalina Island for a weekend, this tale of taking a clipper ship around the Horn earned a privileged place in the library.
This book would make a welcome gift to any young person who is beginning to realize that the world is a large and interesting place and teaches an excellent lesson about how a blend of hard work, study and self-confidence can help one through just about any challenge.
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