Clearing Weather
It is just after the American Revolution and the economy has not recovered. When young Nicholas Drury takes over his family's shipbuilding business, he struggles hard until the family fortune reverses itself with the successful design, construction, and voyage of the Jocasta, a forerunner of the clipper ship.
- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1929 (Honor Title)
- Format: Book
- ISBN: 9780486817422