America's Victory

In 1850 a brilliant young boat designer and an unlikely team of men faced the might and arrogance of the British empire in a yacht race for the Great Exhibition. The schooner America set sail against the world's greatest maritime power at a turning point in the growth of a young nation's confidence that is also the story of the American spirit that lives on today.

First sentence: An unusually light and warm southwesterly wind for mid-February stirred the stands of dune grass on New Jersey's barrier islands.

Year

2002

Language

English

Publisher

Sheridan House

Editions

5

Pages

296

ISBN

9781574091878

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