Looking for a ship
By: John McPhee.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Stella Lykes (Ship); Seafaring life
Description: This is an extraordinary tale of life on the high seas aboard one of the last American merchant ships, the S.S. Stella Lykes, on a forty-two-day journey from Charleston down the Pacific coast of South America. As the crew of the Stella Lykes makes their ocean voyage, they tell stories of other runs and other ships, tales of disaster, stupidity, greed, generosity, and courage.