Clearing Weather
Author: first_name: Cornelia
last_name: Meigs
Language: English
Year: 1928

"It is not the money. It is the ships. I must build ships. But no one wants them now."  Cornelia Meigs captures the excitement of great-ship building in the Massachusetts shipyards of the late 18th century and paints an entertaining picture of life in the newly-formed United States. Can Nicholas Drury bring them through the post-Revolution depression? This historical fiction novel was awarded the 1929 Newbery Honor book distinction for best children's literature published in the U.S. and holds i