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Dare the Wind: The Record-breaking Voyage of Eleanor Prentiss and the Flying Cloud

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Ellen Prentiss’s papa said she was born with saltwater in her veins, so he gave her sailing lessons and taught her how to navigate. As soon as she met a man who loved sailing like she did, she married him. When her husband was given command of a clipper ship custom-made to travel quickly, she knew that they would need every bit of its speed for their maiden voyage: out of New York City, down around the tip of Cape Horn, and into San Francisco, where the Gold Rush was well under way. In a time when few women even accompanied their husbands onboard, Ellen Prentiss navigated their ship to set the world record for speed along that route. A Margaret Ferguson Book

Language: English

Pages: 40

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Release: February 18, 2014

ISBN: 0374316996

ISBN 13: 9780374316990

Dare the Wind: The Record-breaking Voyage of Eleanor Prentiss and the Flying Cloud

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Ellen Prentiss’s papa said she was born with saltwater in her veins, so he gave her sailing lessons and taught her how to navigate. As soon as she met a man who loved sailing like she did, she married him. When her husband was given command of a clipper ship custom-made to travel quickly, she knew that they would need every bit of its speed for their maiden voyage: out of New York City, down around the tip of Cape Horn, and into San Francisco, where the Gold Rush was well under way. In a time when few women even accompanied their husbands onboard, Ellen Prentiss navigated their ship to set the world record for speed along that route. A Margaret Ferguson Book

Language: English

Pages: 40

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Release: February 18, 2014

ISBN: 0374316996

ISBN 13: 9780374316990

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