America's Victory: The Heroic Story of a Team of Ordinary Americans, and how They Won the Greatest Yacht Race EverThis work recounts the events of the very first America's Cup yacht race, in which a single American team manning the aptly named schooner America competed against and bested fourteen British competitors. The narrative of the 1851 race is told from the point of view of the designers and crew of the victorious yacht. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc |
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Two TRAGIC Loss | 10 |
FOUR THE COMMODORES PRIDE | 27 |
SIX DECISION | 45 |
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