"[...] stories of rate wars, rivalries and races with personal exploits of men like Dynamite Johnny O'Brien who rigged sails on a wrecked steamer and took her off a deadly reef; Capt. Louis Nopander who shared his bridge with a madman; Capt. E. B. Wood who was murdered by pirates; 3d Mate Thompson of the Admiral Line who became a human foghorn; Chief Engineer Ben Maitland of the Governor who hung his cap over the steam gauge when his ship was challenged by the Beaver."-- front flap.
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Physical Description:print 192 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm.
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