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The Voyage of Detroit | 
| Author: Thomas Fleming Day
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Sales Rank: 2741777
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 156
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 0884482596
Dewey Decimal Number: 973
EAN: 9780884482598
ASIN: 0884482596
Publication Date: February 2003
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Condition: Perfect brand new: no markings, clean text. Pages and binding tight. Covers perfect. Book arrives with free delivery confirmation. ISBN: 0884482596 #1328
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Product Description
In 1912 Thomas Fleming Day, editor of The Rudder, decided to demonstrate the reliability of the internal combustion engine by taking a 35-foot double-ended powerboat from New York to St. Petersburg, Russia. The trip was an adventure: the vessel's freeboard was only 21/2 feet so she was usually awash and always rolling; the engine noise was deafening; and the boat caught fire and nearly blew up. After completing the rugged North Sea leg, Day writes, "...The last thing I did was to visit the engine room and kiss the motor good-bye..."
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