Old Ironsides: Americans Build a Fighting Ship
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Book Overview
Made from the wood of more than 1,000 trees, she weighs 1,576 tons and carries 44 guns. She's the largest, fastest fighting ship of her class - the Constitution. The beginnings of a fledgling... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0395746787
ISBN13:9780395746783
Release Date:January 1997
Publisher:Houghton Mifflin
Length:32 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 11.3" x 9.3"
Age Range:10 to 12 years
Grade Range:Grades 5 to 7
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Living books at their best
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Well written, this book gives a first hand account of the ship's design and building processes through the eyes of a fictional carpenter's son. Easily holding a child's attention, the story moves along steadily with quite a bit of detail. I was impressed with the way the author gave the audience a historical setting in the beginning and concluded with the famous story of how the ship acquired it's nickname in a battle.
Informative and Entertaining
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I bought this book for my wife to use in the reading section of her classroom. I was originally taken by the cover art,(I am in love with tall ships), but I found the text as well as the other illustrations to be very informative and full of facts about American history that I as an adult didn't know. I would not only suggest this book for a simple history lesson but, to bring out the creative fantasy of a young mind.
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