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Old Ironsides: Americans Build a Fighting Ship
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Turtleback Books
Publication date July 1, 2003
Binding Prebinding
Book category Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13 9780613607803
ISBN-10 0613607805
Dimensions 0.50 by 8.75 by 10.75 in.
Weight 0.90 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $18.45
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A fictionalized account of the design and construction of the U.S.S. Constitution, told through the eyes of a boy whose father is one of the ship's carpenters.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
She weighs in at 1,576 tons, carries 44 guns, and is made from the wood of more than 1,000 trees. She’s 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.”


Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780395746783
 
from Diane Pub Co (June 1, 1997)
9780788195228 | details & prices | 11.00 × 9.25 × 0.25 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $16.00
About: The Constitution was the largest, fastest fighting ship of her class.
from Diane Pub Co (June 1, 1997)
9780788195228 | details & prices | 11.00 × 9.25 × 0.25 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $16.00
About: The Constitution was the largest, fastest fighting ship of her class.
from Houghton Mifflin (April 1, 1997)
9780395746783 | details & prices | 32 pages | 9.50 × 11.25 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 3-4 | 1.10 lbs | List price $15.95
About: A fictionalized account of the design and construction of the U.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780618311156
 
Reprint edition from Houghton Mifflin (April 21, 2003)
9780618311156 | details & prices | 32 pages | 9.25 × 11.00 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 3-4 | 0.40 lbs | List price $7.95
About: A fictionalized account of the design and construction of the U.
Reinforced
from Demco Media (February 1, 2003)
9780606276757 | details & prices | 10.75 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 3-4 | 0.95 lbs | List price $15.80
About: A fictionalized account of the design and construction of the U.
Prebinding
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from Turtleback Books (July 1, 2003)
9780613607803 | details & prices | 8.75 × 10.75 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 3-4 | 0.90 lbs | List price $18.45
About: A fictionalized account of the design and construction of the U.

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