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Chessie Racing: The Story of Maryland's Entry in the 1997-1998 Whitbread Round the World Race Hardcover - 2001
by George J. Collins; Kathy Alexander
This book records the history of the racing yacht "Chessie Racing", the first-ever entry from the Chesapeake Bay in the famous Whitbread Round the World Race. Skippered by Baltimore businessman George Collins and named after the Chesapeake's equivalent to the Loch Ness monster, Chessie became a focal point of regional and national pride when she competed in 1997-98. 218 full-color photos.
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Chessie: sea monster or folklore, fact or fantasy?
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- Title Chessie Racing: The Story of Maryland's Entry in the 1997-1998 Whitbread Round the World Race
- Author George J. Collins; Kathy Alexander
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition, F
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
- Date April 27, 2001
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Glossary, Illustrated
- ISBN 9780801864131 / 0801864135
- Weight 3.09 lbs (1.40 kg)
- Dimensions 12.32 x 9.32 x 0.99 in (31.29 x 23.67 x 2.51 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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- Chronological Period: 1990's
- Cultural Region: British
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Geographic Orientation: Maryland
- Library of Congress subjects Chessie (Yacht), Yacht racing - Maryland - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00008232
- Dewey Decimal Code 797.14
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