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Author Armstrong, Richard, 1903-1986.

Title Sea change / by Richard Armstrong ; with line drawings by M. Leszczynski
Published London : Dent, 1948

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 MELB SPCBC  819 Armstr Ric/Sch  LIB USE ONLY
Description xi, 211 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Summary Tells of life on a merchant ship and the making of a seaman from a raw apprentice with shore-life values. The story gives insight into the running and working of the ship, reasons for the seemingly purposeless tasks which must be done, as well as detailed descriptions of the stowing and discharging of cargo
Notes Carnegie Medal winner, 1948
For 10-15 year old children
Audience For 10-15 year old children
Subject Carnegie Medal.
Merchant mariners -- Juvenile fiction.
Merchant ships -- Juvenile fiction.
Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction.
Ships -- Cargo -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre/Form Fiction.
Author Leszczyński, Michał.