A Day in the Life of a Colonial Shipwright (Wrestlers) [Hardcover]

Laurie Krebs (Author)

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Hardcover: 24 pages
• Publisher: PowerKids Press; 1st edition (January 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 082396227X
• ISBN-13: 978-0823962273
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 7.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,710,644 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Laurie Krebs combines her love of children's literature with her enthusiasm for traveling to create wonderful picture books that carry readers all around the world. Laurie has developed a series of books with Barefoot Books.

She has four children and five grandsons, and lives in Virginia with her husband, Bill.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, October 4, 2007

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This review is from: A Day in the Life of a Colonial Shipwright (Wrestlers) (Hardcover)

The work of shipbuilding in colonial days is entertainingly explained by author Laurie Krebs, who tells how a young apprentice, under a master shipbuilder worked to produce a finished ship in the Langdon Shipyard. From the first drawings to the scale model to the life-size patterns, cutting, measuring -- every detail of the trade is explained and illustrated beautifully.

John Langdon, shipbuilder, was also a representative to the second Continental Congress, and the ship that he produced, the Ranger, was captained by John Paul Jones!

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