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Old Ironsides: Americans Build a Fighting Ship
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Old Ironsides: Americans Build a Fighting Ship Hardcover - 1997

by Weitzman, David

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  • Title Old Ironsides: Americans Build a Fighting Ship
  • Author Weitzman, David
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1St Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin, Boston:
  • Date 1997-04-28
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 0395746787.G
  • ISBN 9780395746783 / 0395746787
  • Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 11.31 x 0.54 in (23.62 x 28.73 x 1.37 cm)
  • Ages 10 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 7
  • Library of Congress subjects Constitution (Frigate)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95052485
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

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 country's navy took shape in the graceful lines of this frigate, whose strength under fire earned her the nickname "Old Ironsides." Follow young John Aylwin as he watches and helps in the construction of one of the most remarkable sailing ships ever built, from the selection of oaks for the masts to the casting of her three-ton cannon to the sewing of more than two acres of sail. The story of the birth of the Constitution is accompanied by drawings that are stunning in their elegance and detail, a fitting tribute to a majestic vessel.

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"Old Ironsides should find readers among young people interested in ships, in how things are made, or in American history." School Library Journal, Starred