Letters from Sea, 1882 - 1901: Joanna and Lincoln Colcord's Seafaring Childhood

by Parker Bishop Albee Jr. and Albee Parker Jr.

Book Overview

In June of 1881, on the very night of their wedding in Searsport, Maine, Captain Lincoln Alden Colcord and his new wife, Jane Sweetser Colcord, departed for sea to begin a two-year voyage on the bark Charlotte A. Littlefield. The voyage would take them around the world and witness the birth of their daughter Joanna amid the South Sea Islands and young Lincoln's arrival during a treacherous winter storm off Cape Horn.Fifth generation seafarers, Joanna...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884482146
• ISBN13: 9780884482147
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.9" x 10.7"