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Old Ironsides
Americans Build a Fighting Ship
By Weitzman, David L.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39574-678-3
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1997.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 1997
Gr 4-6 Though listed as fiction, there is no conventional plot to this description of events in which a young boy in post-Revolutionary War Boston watches and assists in the building of America's first great war ship, Constitution. After three years, the work is completed, and John Aylwin earns a place as assistant to the master shipbuilder and later serves as sailing master. This story is the framework for the extensive details and elegant pen-and-ink drawings, that show the design of the almo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
