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The Voyage of the Javelin

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Author(s):Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):John O’Hara Cosgrave, II
Publisher(s): Harcourt, Brace and Company
Year Published: 1959
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Adventure
American
Boys Growing Up
Sea Stories
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 189
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
LCCN: 59006564
OCLC: 5065579

Description

In 1854 Bob Wingate signs on as ship’s boy on the extreme clipper Javelin for a voyage to San Francisco ’round the Horn, then on to China and the annual tea race to London Docks.

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Other Editions

The Voyage of the Javelin (2006)

In 1854 Bob Wingate signs on as ship’s boy on the extreme clipper Javelin for a voyage to San Francisco ’round the Horn, then on to China and the annual tea race to London Docks.

Publisher: Southern Skies
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