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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Gone-- Gone-- Bill Cumming Based on real people and events this is a gripping factual account of the background events and repercussions of the milestone launch of the world's first 4-masted iron merchant ship in 1875. The phe… OL15477179W
Clipper ship Clipper ship Thomas P. Lewis Captain Murdock is accompanied by his wife and children as he commands a clipper ship from New York to San Francisco. OL3235419W
All sail set All sail set Armstrong Sperry When his father loses his fortune, a boy is taken on by a famous shipbuilder and eventually makes a maiden, record-breaking trip around Cape Horn on the "Flying Cloud." OL4785082W
When clipper ships ruled the seas When clipper ships ruled the seas James McCague A history of the clipper ship era of the nineteenth century, including a description of how the ships were built, the life of a sailor, and how these vessels influenced American history. OL6699255W