num_pages: 254
description: On one of the last American merchant ships, second mate Andy Chase and author board the S.S. Stella Lykes, captained by Paul McHenry Washburn. The 42-day journey down the Pacific coast of South America stops for freight at Cartagena, Balboa, Lima, and Guayaquil — notorious for pirates. The crew exchange tales of disaster, stupidity, greed, generosity, and courage.
language: English
title: Looking for a Ship
titlecomplete: Looking for a Ship
genres: Biography, Adventure, Nature, Science, Nonfiction, Literature, Essays, Travel, Maritime, History
ratings_count: 1477
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux