Flying Cloud - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Flying Cloud write by . This book was released on 1922. Flying Cloud available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Flying Cloud
Flying Cloud - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Flying Cloud write by David W. Shaw. This book was released on 2009-10-13. Flying Cloud available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Flying Cloud is the riveting and thoroughly researched tale of a truly unforgettable sea voyage during the days of the California gold rush. In 1851, navigator Eleanor Creesy set sail on the maiden voyage of the clipper ship Flying Cloud, traveling from New York to San Francisco in only 89 days. This swift passage set a world record that went unbroken for more than a century. Upon arrival in San Francisco, Flying Cloud became an enduring symbol of a young nation's daring frontier spirit. Illustrated with original maps and charts as well as historical photographs, Shaw's compelling narrative captures the drama of this thrilling adventure. In a position almost unheard of for a woman in the mid-19th century, Eleanor Creesy served as the ship's navigator. With only the sun, planets, and stars to guide her, she brought Flying Cloud safely around Cape Horn at the height of a winter blizzard, faced storms, dodged shoals, and found her way through calms to make the swift passage possible. Along with her husband, Josiah, the ship's captain, she sailed the mighty 3-masted clipper through 16,000 miles of the fiercest, most unpredictable oceans in the world. Shaw vividly recreates 19th-century seafaring conditions and customs, for both the crew and the passengers who entrusted their fate to an untested ship. Including excerpts from letters and diaries of passengers, Shaw recounts Flying Cloud's victory in the face of adversity—including sabotage, insubordination, and severe damage to the clipper's mainmast that might have sunk her with all hands lost. But the ship triumphed and would ultimately sail the world. Flying Cloud brings to life, for the first time, the glory of one of America's most important seafaring tales and one woman's incredible achievements.
All Sail Set
All Sail Set - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook All Sail Set write by Armstrong Sperry. This book was released on 2016-04-15. All Sail Set available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Dare the Wind
Dare the Wind - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dare the Wind write by Tracey Fern. This book was released on 2014-03-18. Dare the Wind available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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
The Flying Cloud
The Flying Cloud - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Flying Cloud write by Morley Roberts. This book was released on 1907. The Flying Cloud available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
