The ship book
Subtitle: a reader for the elementary grades
By: by Jean H. Dukelow and Hanson Hart Webster ; with illustrations
Contributors: Webster, Hanson Hart, 1877-1940; Lee, Manning de Villeneuve, 1894-1980, ill; Lee, Manning de Villeneuve, 1894-1980, illustrator
Edition: Rev. ed.
Series: The social studies series; Social studies series
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1931
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Ships; Juvenile literature; History; Navigation; Readers; Social sciences
Notes: Illustrations by Manning de V. Lee.

Maps on lining-papers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The first part: Ships and what they do; title: "The liner; title: she's a lady"; title: Ships that work; title: Sailing ships; title: Boats for play; title: Rules of the road at sea; title: Safety at sea; title: Making our seacoasts safe; title: The second part: Ships and how they came to be; title: The first boats; title: Early traders; title: Finding a new world; title: Famous ships and sailors; title: Ships all Americans should know; title: American packets and clippers; title: The story of steamships; title: The third part: What all yound sailors should know; title: Helps for Shipbuilders; title: First points in sailing a boat; title: Some sailors' knots; title: A little dictionary for sailors; title: A sailors' chanty.