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Cattlemen on Transatlantic Voyage Learn Onboard Life
A group of American college students signs on as cattlemen aboard a Cunard liner sailing from East Boston to Liverpool. They care for 400 cattle, water and feed stock, withstand shipboard tasks, and form bonds with English seamen. After landing in Birkenhead, they buy bicycles and plan future travel, finding both joys and sorrows in the unusual passage.
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Old World
Europe
Atlantic
Boston
Cunard
Liverpool
Irish
Ireland
England
Lynas Point
Mersey
Birkenhead
West Bank
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