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Title: Flying Cloud: The True Story of America's Most Famous Clipper Ship and the Woman Who Guided Her by David W. Shaw ISBN: 0-06-093478-6 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 03 July, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.1 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Renaissance woman in Victorian times
Comment: A very informative and gripping story about sailing clipper ships "around the horn" in the 1850's. Ellen Creesy was truly a woman ahead of her time who, as navigator of the Flying Cloud, stood along side her husband, Perkins, in setting a world record of 89 days for passage from New York to San Francisco. This book gives a good idea about what life was like aboard ship, not just for the officers and crew, but also for the passengers. It took an intrepid person to embark on such a journey, willing to face unknown dangers and take enormous risk. David Shaw has done an excellent job in a compelling and well-written account of one such voyage.
Rating: 5
Summary: A well told story
Comment: Since the story is a substantial piece of history, it must have been difficult for Shaw to make the narrative move so well. I was thoroughly engaged by Captain and Mrs. Creesy's exploits, and by the time the book ended I wished for more stories about other journeys of the Flying Cloud and the clipper ship era. After about the 1/3 point of the book, I was so engaged that I stayed awake reading late in to the next two nights in order to finish the book properly. The charts and maps and graphic explanations of the sailing maneuvers were extremely helpful especially since I know nothing about sailing. I should disclose that I have only been on a sailcraft once in my life so I was not reading for authenticity, but for the story telling, which I found excellent. I have read other works by Shaw (Daring the Sea) and feel that he is just starting to kick his creative powers in to high gear. IF you want a fast paced story and are interested in the dramatic side of history read this book.
Rating: 1
Summary: The invented bits ruined it for me.
Comment: Normally I will read and enjoy just about any non-fiction concerning the age of sail, but the non-fiction in this book gets drowned out by the (painfully obviously) contrived 'inner thoughts' of many of the participants.
I cannot recommend you buying this book if you are hoping for a factual account of the construction and maiden voyage of a famous clipper (even though the actual reasearch that was done is adequate, if only just) , and, honestly, I cannot recommend this book to someone looking for a romantic fictionalized version of the same thing either. The romantic fiction stuff, in addition to being such pure invention, clunks something awful.
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Title: The American-Built Clipper Ship, 1850-1856: Characteristics, Construction, and Details by William L. Crothers ISBN: 0071358234 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 25 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Ship Models: How to Build Them by Charles Davis ISBN: 0486251705 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 September, 1986 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Last of the Cape Horners : Firsthand Accounts from the Final Days of the Commercial Tall Ships by Spencer Apollonio ISBN: 157488283X Publisher: Brassey's UK Ltd Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: HEN FRIGATES: Passion and Peril, Nineteenth-Century Women at Sea by Joan Druett ISBN: 0684854341 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 04 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: How to Make a Clipper Ship Model/Book and Blueprints for Model Ship (Ship Model Making, Vol 2) by E. Armitage McCann ISBN: 0486285804 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 July, 1995 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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