A review by nerfherder86
Dare the Wind: The Record-Breaking Voyage of Eleanor Prentiss and the Flying Cloud by Tracey Fern

3.0

True story of Eleanor Prentiss, who, unusually for a woman of the time, was taught naval navigation by her father. She married Josiah Creesy and navigated his ships to China! This book focuses on their world record-setting clipper ship trip from New York City to San Francisco, around Cape Horn, heading to the Gold Rush in 1851. The book is a dramatic story of the dangerous trip, including the mainmast breaking! Eleanor had to trust her instincts as well as the new scientific methods she had learned. Typical Emily McCully illustrations, tiny and detailed, beautiful ocean views. Has bibilography and an author's note.