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Brilliant Passage

by Philip Gerard
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Overview

Novelist Philip Gerard sailed aboard Mystic Seaport's classic schooner-yacht Brilliant from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Mystic. In these pages, his journal of that passage becomes a journal of the Brilliant's notable 60-year career, and is full of observations on the values offered by an experience under sail.

About the Author, Philip Gerard

Philip Gerard is the author of three novels, four books of nonfiction, eleven documentary scripts, and numerous essays. He chairs the Department of Creative Writing at University of North Carolina Wilmington.

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Book Details

Published
February 1, 1989
Publisher
Mystic Seaport Museum Pubns
Pages
81
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780913372500

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