The Wreck of the Zephyr
by Van Allsburg, Chris
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- Condition
- Fine in near fine, edge worn dust jacket, in mylar cover.
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Denver, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1983. Later printing. Fine in near fine, edge worn dust jacket, in mylar cover.. Illustrated by the author..
Synopsis
At the edge of a cliff lies the wreck of a small sailboat. How did it get there? "Waves carried it up in a storm," says an old sailor. But is it possible that waves could ever get that high? There is another story -- the story of a boy and his obsessive desire to be the greatest sailor, the story of a storm that carried the boy and his boat to a place where boats glide like gulls high above the water and not upon it. Chris Van Allsburg tells that story of the boy and his boat, the Zephyr, in words and haunting, full-color pastel paintings. His sailboats sail the night sky with the stars in pictures so vivid that the reader can almost hear the wind in the sails. Here is a work of unusual artistry that will enchant readers of all ages for many years to come.
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- Bookseller
- The Hermitage Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 219742
- Title
- The Wreck of the Zephyr
- Author
- Van Allsburg, Chris
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by the author.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in near fine, edge worn dust jacket, in mylar cover.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1983
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