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The Wreck of the Zephyr Hardcover - 1983
by Van Allsburg, Chris
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
At the edge of a cliff lies the wreck of a small sailboat. How did it get there? "Waves carried it up in a storm," says an old sailor. But is it possible that waves could ever get that high? There is another story -- the story of a boy and his obsessive desire to be the greatest sailor, the story of a storm that carried the boy and his boat to a place where boats glide like gulls high above the water and not upon it. Chris Van Allsburg tells that story of the boy and his boat, the Zephyr, in words and haunting, full-color pastel paintings. His sailboats sail the night sky with the stars in pictures so vivid that the reader can almost hear the wind in the sails. Here is a work of unusual artistry that will enchant readers of all ages for many years to come.
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Details
- Title The Wreck of the Zephyr
- Author Van Allsburg, Chris
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 32
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Clarion Books, Boston
- Date 1983-01-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0395330750-3-29648400
- ISBN 9780395330753 / 0395330750
- Weight 1.12 lbs (0.51 kg)
- Dimensions 9.26 x 11.8 x 0.39 in (23.52 x 29.97 x 0.99 cm)
- Ages 04 to 07 years
- Grade levels P - 2
- Reading level 590
- Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Fantasy
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 82023371
- Dewey Decimal Code E
Summary
At the edge of a cliff lies the wreck of a small sailboat. How did it get there? "Waves carried it up in a storm," says an old sailor. But is it possible that waves could ever get that high? There is another story -- the story of a boy and his obsessive desire to be the greatest sailor, the story of a storm that carried the boy and his boat to a place where boats glide like gulls high above the water and not upon it. Chris Van Allsburg tells that story of the boy and his boat, the Zephyr, in words and haunting, full-color pastel paintings. His sailboats sail the night sky with the stars in pictures so vivid that the reader can almost hear the wind in the sails. Here is a work of unusual artistry that will enchant readers of all ages for many years to come.
