The Great Ships
Gr 3-8-O'Brien tells the stories of 17 of the world's most illustrious vessels (or groups of vessels). Delivered in a more or less chronological order, the text offers brief information about each of the celebrated ships, describing the events or sea captains that made them famous. The author includes accounts of Sir Francis Drake's Golden Hind, Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge, Columbus's trio of Spanish caravels, and the disaster-destined Titanic. A double-page spread is devoted to each story, with a dramatic watercolor-and-gouache illustration on the left and history on the right. Spot-art outline drawings and a painting or map also decorate each spread. While there is no table of contents or index, the last spread is devoted to a few lines about the fate of the individual ships. The endpapers are decorated with line drawings of all the ships, depicting their comparative size. O'Brien has combined his fascina-tion for the topic with his background in naval architecture to create a captivating and beautiful volume for any collection.Be Astengo, Alachua County Library, Gainesville, FLCopyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.