Looking for a Ship

On one of the last American merchant ships, second mate Andy Chase and author board the S.S. Stella Lykes, captained by Paul McHenry Washburn. The 42-day journey down the Pacific coast of South America stops for freight at Cartagena, Balboa, Lima, and Guayaquil — notorious for pirates. The crew exchange tales of disaster, stupidity, greed, generosity, and courage.

• Author
• John McPhee

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 252

• Publisher
• Farrar, Straus and Giroux

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-374-52319-0

• EAN
• 9780374523190

• Genres
• travel, history, adventure, essays, maritime, memoir, nature, science, travelogue

• Release date
• 1991