About this book

The history of America at sea is presented through the travels of Seabird, a carved ivory gull.

Subjects

  • adventure and adventurers
  • adventure stories
  • children's fiction
  • description and travel
  • families
  • fiction
  • fortune
  • gulls
  • history
  • juvenile fiction
  • nature & the natural world
  • newbery honor
  • ocean travel
  • sailing ships
  • seafaring life
  • sea stories
  • ships, fiction
  • united states
  • united states, exploring expeditions, fiction
  • voyages and travels
  • wood carving
  • wood-carving