Bernida: A Michigan Sailing Legend: A Michigan Sailing Legend

Contributor(s): Declercq, Al (Author), Ervin, Tom (Author), Whelan, Gloria (Author), Miles, David (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9781585369041

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press

Hardcover

$16.99

Pub Date: March 19, 2014

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2013038426

Lexile Code: 0720

Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 06 to 09

Physical Info: 0.50" H x 11.10" L x 9.10" W ( 0.95 lbs) 32 pages

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Quiz #:0000166135 ( Bernida: A Michigan Sailing Legend: A Michigan Sailing Legend)

Reading level: 4.10

Interest level: LG

Point value: 0.5

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Description: In 1925 a sailboat named Bernida wins the very first Port Huron to Mackinac Island Race. She wins again in 1927 but when the race's rules change, she is no longer allowed to compete. Years go by while she is left neglected, moving from owner to owner. But in 2012, after a miraculous restoration and with new owners who believe in her, Bernida is once again entered in the Mackinac Race and wins.

Brief description:

Tom Ervin is a lifelong entrepreneur who founded seven companies, the latest one was a software company. He is the author of seven books, including two others about the Bayview and Chicago Mackinac races. He and his wife, Nancy, have been married 49 years and have six children and 20 grandchildren. They live in Michigan.