Windjammers of the Pacific Rim

by Phillip Drucker and James A. Gibbs

Book Overview

As early settlers to California, Oregon and Washington came around the Horn and sailed north from San Francisco, lumber for homes and industry went south by sea from the Northwest. And with nothing to guide them but the wind, compass, sextant, stars and a sixth sense, the sturdy little ships struggled through fog and gales; more than half of them foundering. This is the story of those ships and of the intrepid pioneers who built them. Through many...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887400868
• ISBN13: 9780887400865
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 11.0"