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Windjammers of the Pacific Rim
Gibbs, Jim, Drucker, Phillip
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Description for Windjammers of the Pacific Rim
Paperback. As early settlers to California, Oregon, and Washington came around the Horn and sailed north from San Francisco, lumber for homes and industry went south by sea from the Northwest. This is the story of those ships and of the intrepid pioneers who built them. Num Pages: 232 pages, 332 b/w photos. BIC Classification: WSSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 782.
As early settlers to California, Oregon and Washington came around the Horn and sailed north from San Francisco, lumber for homes and industry went south by sea from the Northwest. And with nothing to guide them but the wind, compass, sextant, stars and a sixth sense, the sturdy little ships struggled through fog and gales; more than half of them foundering. This is the story of those ships and of the intrepid pioneers who built them. Through many old photographs and stirring true stories, an appreciation for the schooners, barkentines and other wind vessels and their crew is constructed to ... Read more
As early settlers to California, Oregon and Washington came around the Horn and sailed north from San Francisco, lumber for homes and industry went south by sea from the Northwest. And with nothing to guide them but the wind, compass, sextant, stars and a sixth sense, the sturdy little ships struggled through fog and gales; more than half of them foundering. This is the story of those ships and of the intrepid pioneers who built them. Through many old photographs and stirring true stories, an appreciation for the schooners, barkentines and other wind vessels and their crew is constructed to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780887400865
SKU
V9780887400865
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-2
About Gibbs, Jim, Drucker, Phillip
The Windjammers story is told by a man who understands their epic stature and can write with the feeling of a stalwart skipper. Jim Gibbs is a veteran author of Pacific sea subjects who today lives with his family in a lighthouse on the Oregon coast.
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