Takashi's Voyage: The Wreck of the SindiaIn this fictional adventure story -- based on an actual shipwreck that occurred in 1901 -- a young Japanese boy is shanghaied aboard a sailing ship bound for New York at the turn of the century. As the Sindia heads for Cape Horn, Takashi's love of sailing overcomes his homesickness and the hardships of a long journey... but nothing prepares him for the climactic conclusion of his voyage along the New Jersey coast! |
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