All Sail Set eBook

An exciting, fact-based, old-fashioned tale of adventure at sea, winner of a Newbery Honor for young readers in 1936.

When his father loses his fortune at sea, a boy, Enoch Thacher, signs up with a famous shipbuilder and takes a record-breaking trip around Cape Horn on the famousFlying Cloud.

TheFlying Cloud was a real ship and its maker was master shipbuilder, Donald McKay (1810-1880). The era depicted in this novel is a time when the windships were the queens of the ocean and sail was king. McKays company, located in East Boston, launched many of the fastest clipper ships in history, withFlying Cloud being his most famous ship of all.

InAll Sail Set, McKay puts Enoch to work during the lofting, building, and rigging of theFlying Cloud, and then to ship out on her for her maiden, record-breaking trip around the Horn. Accompanied by Sperrys wonderfully vigorous drawings, this realistic nautical yarn from the glory days of sail will appeal to adults as well as young adult readers with a taste for historical adventure.