Old Ironsides : Americans Build a Fighting Ship

English

ISBN: 0618311157

EAN: 9780618311156

Category: Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Release Date: 04/01/2003

Age Range: 8-12

Synopsis: She weighs in at 1,576 tons, carries 44 guns, and is made from the wood of more than 1,000 trees. Shes the largest, fastest fighting ship of her class--the Constitution. Follow young John Aylwin as he watches and helps in the construction of one of the most remarkable sailing ships ever built, a ship whose strength under fire earned her the nickname Old Ironsides.

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Old Ironsides : Americans Build a Fighting Ship

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.13 inches

Width: 11.0 inches

Length: 9.0 inches

Weight: 4.97 oz

Pages: 40