Run to the Lee by Kenneth Brooks

Run to the Lee by Kenneth Brooks

'In Run to the Lee Kenneth Brooks has written of these last days of the sailing freighters on Chesapeake Bay. He has also given the reader a detailed and accurate word picture of an outstanding schooner captain.John Talbott.'Most of Run to the Lee is devoted to Captain Talbott's battle with (a) December blizzard as he drove his schooner southward toward the harbor on the Patuxent. The is quite a yarn, and Ken Brooks, who began his own exploration of the Chesapeake country at the tender age of 10 as a cabin boy on the 48-foot yawl Natalie, has written with authenticity and vigor.' Gilbert Byron, Baltimore Sun

This is quite a yarn, and Ken Brooks, who began his own exploration of the Chesapeake country at the tender age of ten as a cabin boy on the 48-foot yawl Natalie, has written with authenticity and vigor-- Gilbert Byron Baltimore Sun This book should be compulsory reading in every Maryland high school. Daily Record

Kenneth F. Brooks, Jr., is the author of two novels and of numerous magaize and newspaper articles. He is a life-long resident of the Chesapeake Bay region.

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ISBN 13	9780801836770
ISBN 10	0801836778
Title	Run to the Lee
Author	Kenneth Brooks Jr
Series	Maryland Paperback Bookshelf
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Johns Hopkins University Press
Year published	1988-04-26
Number of pages	190
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