Dare the Wind

By Tracey Fern, Emily Arnold Mccully (Illustrator)

A daring voyage tests a woman's navigation skills and sets a world record.

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34 pages

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Ellen Prentiss, born with saltwater in her veins, faces the ultimate challenge: navigating a clipper ship from New York to San Francisco during the Gold Rush. With her husband commanding the vessel, Ellen must harness every ounce of speed to set a world record. As one of the few women daring enough to take the helm, can she defy the odds and chart a course through perilous waters? Adventure and ambition collide on the high seas in this thrilling tale of courage and determination.

From the publisher

Ellen Prentiss’s papa said she was born with saltwater in her veins, so he gave her sailing lessons and taught her how to navigate. As soon as she met a man who loved sailing like she did, she married him. When her husband was given command of a clipper ship custom-made to travel quickly, she knew that they would need every bit of its speed for their maiden voyage: out of New York City, down around the tip of Cape Horn, and into San Francisco, where the Gold Rush was well under way. In a time when few women even accompanied their husbands onboard, Ellen Prentiss navigated their ship to set the world record for speed along that route. A Margaret Ferguson Book

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