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John McPhee Looking for a Ship
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A. Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1990 0374190771 / 9780374190774 Cloth Fine Near Fine
0374190771 0374190771 Evidence of sticker removal on front endpaper; otherwise pristine. Description: Tale of life aboard one of America"s last merchant ships. As the story begins, Andy Chase is looking for a ship. In less than ten years, the U.S. Merchant Marine has shrunk from more than two thousand ships to fewer than four hundred, and Chase faces the scarcity of jobs from which all American merchant mariners have been suffering. With John McPhee along, Andy Chase finds a job as second mate aboard the S.S. Stella Lykes. Their journey takes them on a forty-two day run down the Pacific coast of South America where stops include the port of Guayaquil, an area notorious for pirates. As the crew make their voyage, they tell sea stories of other runs and other ships. Through the tales and the journey itself emerge a history and character of the U.S. merchant marine.
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