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Boat

Kentley, Eric. (Author).

A history of the development and uses of boats, ships, and rafts, from birch-bark canoes to luxury liners.

Book  - 1992
J 623.8 Ken
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  • ISBN: 0679916784
  • Physical Description 63 pages : illustrations --.
  • Publisher New York : Knopf, 1992.

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"A Dorling Kindersley book."
"A Borzoi book."
Includes index.

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Boat
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by Kentley, Eric; Stevenson, Jim (Photographer)
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Table of Contents

Boat

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Taking to the waterp. 6
Raftsp. 8
Skin boatsp. 10
Bark canoesp. 12
Dugouts and outriggersp. 14
Plank boatsp. 16
Putting planks togetherp. 18
Oarsome powerp. 20
Blowing in the windp. 22
Sail stylep. 24
The Age of Sailp. 26
Thar' she blows!p. 30
A splash of colorp. 32
In sheltered watersp. 34
Steam and paddle wheelsp. 36
Turn of the screwp. 38
Last days of the merchant sailp. 40
Hook, line, and sinkerp. 42
Building in iron and steelp. 46
Tramping the seasp. 48
In the dockp. 50
On the bridgep. 52
Luxurious linersp. 54
S.O.S. (Save Our Souls!)p. 58
Sailing at speedp. 60
Learning the ropesp. 62
Indexp. 64