Description: Please be sure to have a look at photos and condition description before deciding to buy. This is a used book with some wear and tear, which we've tried to thoroughly catalog. If there are any questions we've failed to answer here, please feel free to reach out to us. Book will ship within one business day of payment via USPS Priority Mail. Featured here is the title, Fifty South To Fifty South, the story of a voyage around Cape Horn in the schooner Wander Bird, by Warwick M. Tompkins, F.R.G.S., Lieut. U.S.N.R. Illustrated with pictures from the author’s moving-picture films and additional photographs made by members of the ship’s company. Published by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York: Stated copyright 1938. Stated first edition. 268 pages. Illustrated. Printed in the United States of America. Book Excerpt — Front Flap: . . . But Warwick Tompkins cherished the ambition to sail westward around the Horn in his own ship. After years of preparation, in acquiring knowledge, seamanship and the procurement of a suitable craft, he successfully accomplished his wish in the schooner yacht Wander Bird. Against headwinds of gale and hurricane force, adverse currents and discouraging calms, Wander Bird was worked by a group of ten, including the author’s wife and two young children, over a course of 2300 miles to make good 1000 miles. Please have a look at photos/seller's notes for all the details. Thanks for visiting, and have a beautiful day! Shelf23
Price: 110 USD
Location: San Francisco, California
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Author: Warwick M. Tompkins
Region: North America
Title: Fifty South To Fifty South
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Topic: Sailing
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Subject: Sailing
Year Printed: 1938
