The Great Days of the Cape Horners

173 pp. "Replete with rare and memorable photographs, this book tells the story o those gallant sailing vessels--the steel-hulled, stell-masted riggers built to outperform steam in the deadly proving grounds of the perilous Cape Horn passage. Author Yves le Scal blends technical expertise, a fine esthetic sensibility, and a wonderfully lucid style to capture the full beauty of the great sailing ships that carried the world trade for almost a century."