The schooner Sultana is a remarkable example of what can happen when a grand idea sparks the imagination of a group of exceptional people. The idea--building a reproduction of an eighteenth-century schooner to be a floating classroom on the Chesapeake Bay--originated with John Swain, and in the foreword to this book he sums up the many facets of a shipbuilding project that became the focus of community spirit. He invites readers to share in the experience, and share they will as the pages lead from impossible to absolute reality. The book tells Sultana's story through two perspectives. Lucian...