The voyage of Patience Goodspeed

Type

Book

Authors

Frederick, Heather Vogel

ISBN 13

9780689848513

Tags

Children of ship captains, Children of widowers, Mutiny, Navigation, seafaring life, Twelve-year-old girls, Whaling, Whaling ships

Abstract

Following their mother's death in Nantucket, Captain Goodspeed brings twelve-year-old Patience and six-year-old Tad aboard his whaling ship, where a new crew member incites a mutiny and Patience puts her mathematical ability to good use. Includes Patiences' diary entries of the voyage as well as two of Patiences' favorite recipes.

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