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Looking for a ship

John McPhee

1990241 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1990
first published
  • 1990Macfarlane Walter & Ross · 241 pages · ENGISBN 9780921912095
  • 1990Farrar Straus Giroux · 241 pages · ENGISBN 9780374190774
  • 1991Thorndike Press · 299 pages · ENGISBN 9781560541028
  • 2011Farrar, Straus & Giroux · ENGISBN 9781429958110
  • 1993Random House Value Publishing · ENGISBN 9780517106976
  • 1991Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 254 pagesISBN 9780374523190
  • 1990Random House Audio · ENGISBN 9780394589183

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.

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