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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. (Publisher Summary)
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux published a First US Edition, First Printing in New York, 1990. Macfarlane Walter & Ross published a First Canada Edition, First Printing in Toronto, 1990.
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- Title Looking for a Ship
- Author John McPhee
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 242
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
- Date 1990
- ISBN 9780374190774 / 0374190771
- Weight 0.97 lbs (0.44 kg)
- Dimensions 8.6 x 5.8 x 0.99 in (21.84 x 14.73 x 2.51 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Seafaring life, Stella Lykes (Ship)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 90003311
- Dewey Decimal Code 910.45
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