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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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.
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