description: The biography mostly diary entries of a decorated merchant marine captain. The author (with her co-author) recounts her experiences as the first woman to graduate from a US maritime or military academy, her rescue of a drifting freighter that earned her every major American maritime award, and her current work as a pilot on the Columbia River Bar. Includes a glossary of naval terms to keep you from calling a ship a boat. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
language: English
title: The Captain's a Woman: Tales of a Merchant Mariner
titlecomplete: The Captain's a Woman: Tales of a Merchant Mariner
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Naval Institute Press