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The captain and the glory : an entertainment /

"When the decorated Captain of a great ship descends the gangplank for the final time, a new leader, a man with a yellow feather in his hair, vows to step forward. Though he has no experience, no knowledge of nautical navigation or maritime law, and though he has often remarked he doesn't...

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Main Author:	Eggers, Dave (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2019]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Ship captains > Fiction. Pirates > Fiction. Swindlers and swindling > Fiction. Sailing ships > Fiction. Political satire, American. FICTION / Humorous. FICTION / Political. FICTION / Satire. Sailing ships. Ship captains. Fiction. Satirical fiction. Humorous fiction.

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