Who can love the spread of canvas and the bend of the oak and not thrill to the names of the great clippers built by Donald McKay? Great Republic, Sovereign of the Seas, Lightening, Star of the Empire, and Westward Ho these names ring from an era whe...
Mafatu has been afraid of the sea for as long as he can remember. Though his father is the Great Chief of Hikueru -- an island whose seafaring people worship courage -- Mafatu feels like an outsider. All his life he has been teased, taunted, and even...