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The cruise of the Blue Dolphin : a family's adventure at sea
It's 1933, during the grimmest days of the Great Depression, and the Chandler family is at a turning point. As Nina Chandler Murray tells us: "They were having troubles. But then all America was having troubles." Her father has been fired, her mother is convinced he is having an affair, and the eldest of her four siblings will soon be leaving home for college. But rather than watch the family shatter, Nina's father dreams of taking them (and his mother-in-law, too) on a sailing voyage. And an idea that starts off as a rainy-day diversion on the island of Nantucket turns rapidly into a practicable plan. Convinced he can school his children as well as any elementary education system could, Ralf Chandler takes this opportunity to prove that his family can thrive and prosper on their own terms. And that is exactly what they do. Along the way, they face a hurricane, a few storms, a shark or two, and some not-always-friendly ports of call as they sail down the east coast of the United States, around the islands of the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal, into the Pacific, down to the Galapagos, and back home again. Thirteen-year-old Nina is a narrator of wit and vivacity, who introduces us to her rather eccentric father, a paterfamilias of his own unique sort; her mother, the wispy artist with a backbone of tempered steel; her independent grandmother; and three of her siblings, as well as the sailors of the Blue Dolphin. Together, this unlikely crew celebrates the strength of American character and its resiliency, and of the ability of individuals and families to flourish and learn from each other, even in the worst of times.
- "It's 1933, during the grimmest days of the Great Depression, and the Chandler family is at a turning point. As Nina Chandler Murray tells us: "They were having troubles. But then all America was having troubles." Her father has been fired, her mother is convinced he is having an affair, and the eldest of her four siblings will soon be leaving home for college. But rather than watch the family shatter, Nina's father dreams of taking them (and his mother-in-law, too) on a sailing voyage. And an idea that starts off as a rainy-day diversion on the island of Nantucket turns rapidly into a practicable plan. Convinced he can school his children as well as any elementary education system could, Ralf Chandler takes this opportunity to prove that his family can thrive and prosper on their own terms. And that is exactly what they do. Along the way, they face a hurricane, a few storms, a shark or two, and some not-always-friendly ports of call as they sail down the east coast of the United States, around the islands of the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal, into the Pacific, down to the Galapagos, and back home again. Thirteen-year-old Nina is a narrator of wit and vivacity, who introduces us to her rather eccentric father, a paterfamilias of his own unique sort; her mother, the wispy artist with a backbone of tempered steel; her independent grandmother; and three of her siblings, as well as the sailors of the Blue Dolphin. Together, this unlikely crew celebrates the strength of American character and its resiliency, and of the ability of individuals and families to flourish and learn from each other, even in the worst of times."@en
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