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A List To Starboard: 1909

by Francis Hopkinson Smith

Level B2 · Upper-intermediateAdventure3 chapters
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About this book

A seasoned captain clashes with a shipping manager over sending a decrepit vessel to sea, risking passengers and cattle aboard. Amid brewing tensions, passengers aboard the worn ship await a perilous voyage that tests courage and conscience on the open water.

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