Title:
Boat
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
A history of the development and use of boats, ships and rafts, from birch-bark canoes to luxury liners.
Year Published:
1992
Series:
Physical Description:
63 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Edition:
1st American ed.
Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Taking to the water -- Rafts -- Skin boats -- Bark canoes -- Dugouts and outriggers -- Plank boats -- Putting planks together -- Oarsome power -- Blowing in the wind -- Sail style -- The age of sail -- Thar' she blows! -- A splash of color -- In sheltered waters -- Steam and paddle wheels -- Turn of the screw -- Last days of the merchant sail -- Hook, line, and sinker -- Building in iron and steel -- Tramping the seas -- In the dock -- On the bridge -- Luxurious liners -- S.O.S. (save our souls!) -- Sailing at speed -- Learning the ropes.
Reading Grade level:
4-8
Grade Interest level:
4-8
Added Corporate Author:
ISBN:
9780789465856
Publisher:
London ; New York : DK Pub., c1992.
