Set to Sea

by Drew Weing

Book Overview

The central character of Set to Sea is a big lug and an aspiring poet who runs up tabs at the local bars by day and haunts the docks by night, writing paeans to the seafaring life. When he gets shanghaied aboard a clipper bound for Hong Kong, he finds the sailor's life a bit rougher than his romantic nautical fantasies, but he learns to live--and love--a Conradian life on the sea, all the while writing poetry about pirates, bad food, unceremonial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606997718
• ISBN13: 9781606997710
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 6.2"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher