shipwrecks

Provides accounts of ten of history's most unforgettable shipwrecks, and includes background and follow-up reports, as well as news stories on related topics, photographs, maps, and facts.

Having survived being blinded and shipwrecked on a tiny Caribbean island with the old man Timothy, twelve-year-old Phillip is rescued and hopes to regain his sight with an operation. Alternate chapters follow the life of Timothy from his days as a young cabin boy.

In the late nineteenth century, twelve-year-old Rhoda investigates her suspicion that a wrecker may be luring ships to their destruction on the Virginia barrier island where her father is keeper of a U.S. Lifesaving Station. Includes historical notes on the United States Life-Saving Service.

Having survived being blinded and shipwrecked on a tiny Caribbean island with the old black man Timothy, twelve-year-old white Phillip is rescued and hopes to regain his sight with an operation.

Presents an introduction to the history of shipwrecks, providing an overview of both tragic and humorous shipwreck events, including the "Mary Rose", the "Andrea Doria", and the "Titanic".

In 1687 young Sietze Hemmes sets in motion the rescue of a floundering ship off the coast of a Dutch island in the North Sea, and three hundred years later similar rescues are still taking place.

An account of the sinking of the Titanic and Robert Ballard's search for the wreckage.

Philip, an adolescent white boy who is blinded in a torpedo attack at sea during World War II, acquires a new type of vision, courage, and love when he is stranded on a tiny Caribbean island with Timothy, a kind, elderly black man. Includes two novel extracts, two poems, an autobiographical excerpt, and a memoir which connect to the story as well as a biographical sketch of Theodore Taylor.

Explores the events that led up to the Titanic's shipwreck; includes accounts from several survivors who were aboard the ship.

An account of the deadly collision between the USS Greeneville and the Japanese fishing boat Ehime Maru.