This classic sea adventure, first published in 1932, is now back in print in hardcover and softcover editions from Sea History Press, with new photos and with an Introduction by Exy Johnson. Captain Irving Johnson, in later decades renowned for his writing and voyaging aboard a succession of yachts called Yankee, went aboard the German windjammer Peking as a young sailor and adventurer in 1929, helped sail her around Cape Horn to Chile, and recorded the experience with still camera, movie camera, and the journal that became ...
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This classic sea adventure, first published in 1932, is now back in print in hardcover and softcover editions from Sea History Press, with new photos and with an Introduction by Exy Johnson. Captain Irving Johnson, in later decades renowned for his writing and voyaging aboard a succession of yachts called Yankee, went aboard the German windjammer Peking as a young sailor and adventurer in 1929, helped sail her around Cape Horn to Chile, and recorded the experience with still camera, movie camera, and the journal that became this book. It was a stormy passage, and Irving Johnson brings it to our armchairs in this great little book.
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Add this copy of The Peking Battles Cape Horn to cart. $39.10, very good condition, Sold by beneton rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Millsboro, DE, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Mystic Seaport Museum Inc.
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Add this copy of The Peking Battles Cape Horn a True Account of a Voyage to cart. $124.95, very good condition, Sold by Last Exit Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Charlottesville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Mystic Seaport Museum Inc.
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Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Sea History, National Maritime Historical Society, Peekskill, NY. 1995. 185 pgs. Illustrated. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth with titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A spirited account of a young man's voyage round Cape Horn in the Peking with his thoughtful afterword written 48 years later. New photographs and a memoir of Irving by his wife Exy, added for this special edition, round out the picture of how the partnership of two very individual people worked--and why. E-100; 7.7 X 5.5 X 0.8 inches; 185 pages.
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Paperback. NOT Ex-library. Good condition. Slight edgewear and bumping. Front cover creased. Previous owner's name inside front. First few pages are wrinkled. Clean pages and tight binding. Until further notice, USPS Priority Mail only reliable option for Hawaii. Proceeds benefit the Pima County Public Library system, which serves Tucson and southern Arizona.
Add this copy of The Peking Battles Cape Horn to cart. $47.65, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Mystic Seaport Museum Inc.
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