Orphans of the wind
By: Illustrated by Milton Johnson
Series: A yearling book
Publisher: Dell
Published: 1969
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; Sea stories; History
Description: Twelve-year-old Jim sails from Bristol as deck boy on the "Four Winds," a blockade-runner bringing powder and guns from England to the Confederate States. After a difficult voyage, the ship sinks. Jim and some crewmates make their way to land and find themselves in the middle of the War.