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The voyage of Patience Goodspeed
Authors:
Heather Vogel Frederick
Material type:
Books
Language:
English
Publisher:
Year:
2002
ISBN:
068984851X
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Number of copies the library owns or has ordered:
1
Location
Collection
Call#
Status
Due
Main Library
Youth Fiction
JF FREDERICK, H.
Checked In
Summary
Fiction & Biography
Other Covers
Summary
Following their mother's death in Nantucket, Captain Goodspeed brings twelve-year-old Patience and six-year-old Tad aboard his whaling ship, where a new crew member incites a mutiny and Patience puts her mathematical ability to good use.
Fiction & Biography
Topics:
Fathers and daughters
Life changes
Sailors
Seafaring life
Whale hunting
Locations:
Nantucket, Massachsetts
New England (U.S.)
Timeframes:
1835
19th century
Genres:
Fiction
Juvenile
Adventure
Nautical
Characters:
Goodspeed, Patience
Thaddeus (Tad)