seamen

An easy-to-read introduction to the equipment, dress, and daily activities of men in Army and Navy training.

A biography of entrepreneur Ted Turner, who, after a number of diverse achievements, pioneered the world's first twenty-four hour, nonstop news station and changed the history of television.

Biographical sketches of nine famous seamen: William Bligh, Horatio Nelson, Joshua Slocum, Ernest Shackleton, John F. Kennedy, Thor Heyerdahl, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, William R. Anderson, and Robin Lee Graham.

Gives instructions for creating a variety of items made by sailors in the past including samplers, straw boxes, scrimshaw, and ship models.

Jim, twelve years old, sets sail from Bristol as deckboy on a blockade runner, and arrives in America at the time of the Civil War.

Easy-to-read biography of John Paul Jones, naval hero during the American Revolution.