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Saving the Schooner is a historical fiction set along the Kennebec River in Maine in the year 1906. It is written for ages 7 and older and is a 16-chapter book. The story depicts a young girl's attempt to get her father to reopen the family-owned shipyard after a tragedy that killed the girl's brother. The young heroine, Isabel, wants her papa to finish building a four-masted schooner, and by doing so, hopes the family will overcome their grief.
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About the Author:
Susie Yakowicz has written three books on Maine history and one on North Dakota history. She is a great-great-granddaughter of well-known shipbuilder and politician Arthur Sewall (1835-1900) from Bath, Maine. Her other books are Steel Glory: The Life of Arthur Sewall, From Down East to Midwest: The Memoirs of Margaret Sewall Hector, and Fire Runner. Susie lives in Eagan, Minnesota, with her family.
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". . . the author moves us along in lively and convincing fashion. Hers is a story well conceived and well told." -- Brunswick (ME) Times-Record, October 12, 2001
"This engaging historical novel tells the story of a family struggling to cope with the death of a young son. -- Maine in Print, November/December 2001
"This engaging historical novel tells the story of a family struggling to cope with the death of a young son. -- Maine in Print, November/December 2001
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- PublisherJess Press [2001]
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0965254623
- ISBN 13 9780965254625
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages119
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Saving the Schooner
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Jess Press, Eagan MN
(2001)
ISBN 10: 0965254623
ISBN 13: 9780965254625
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fine. cover illustration by Dolly Fisher, chapter illustrations by Peter Yakowicz (illustrator). First Edition. 2001. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 0965254623. "Ten-year-old Isabel Marsh wants her papa to finish constructing a four-mastered schooner he's left half-built on the ways.Set in the early 1900's along the Kennebec River in Maine." 119 pages. Fine copy. bx294E. Seller Inventory # 867879
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