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The Wreck of the Wild Wave

(Being the True Account of the Wreck of the Clipper Ship Wild Wave of Boston)

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Author(s):Edith Thacher Hurd
Illustrator(s):Frederick T. Chapman
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
Year Published: 1942
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Adventure
American
Biography
Sea Stories
Travel and Exploration
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 247
OCLC: 752784817

Description

In 1858, the Wild Wave, clipper, under Captain Josiah N. Knowles, departed San Francisco for New York. Barely a month later, they were wrecked on the reefs about Oeno Island. The captain and seven of the crew sailed to Pitcairn Island seeking help, and found it deserted.

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Pitcairn’s Island book cover
1934
Pitcairn’s Island
(Little, Brown and Co.)

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