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Dare the Wind: The Record-Breaking Voyage of Eleanor Prentiss and the Flying Cloud
By FERN, Tracey
- ISBN
- 9780374316990
- Publisher
- Farrar Margaret Ferguson
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2014 | Preschool to Grade 4
Gr 2–4—In the summer of 1851, the clipper Flying Cloud made the journey from New York City to San Francisco in a record-breaking 89 days and 21 hours despite several setbacks and dangers along the way. Much of the credit for that voyage goes to Ellen Prentiss Creesy, the ship's navigator. Based on the true story of that voyage, this book expertly describes Prentis...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on February 1, 2014
In the early 1800s, young Ellen Prentiss (1814-1900) learned to be a keen and fearless sailor on her father's trading schooner. Captain Prentiss also tau...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
Ellen Prentiss learned navigation on her father's trading schooner. When she and her husband took command of a new clipper ship, headin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
