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Wargin, Kathy-Jo and Gisjbert Van Frankenhuyzen. The Edmund Fitzgerald: The Song of the Bell. Chelsea, Mich.: Sleeping Bear Press, 2003.
Shows through vivid storytelling and pictures the dangers of the Great Lakes. The Edmund Fitzgerald was a cargo ship that got caught in a storm in November 1975 and sunk with all her crew. The bell that rang throughout the night was later retrieved, as shown in an afterword by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society.
Gr. 1-4. |
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Ballard, Robert D. Exploring the Titanic. New York: Scholastic, 1988.
In 1986, after years of searching, the Titanic was found two miles down on the ocean floor. She sunk on April 14, 1912, and the account of her tragic maiden voyage is told along with her rediscovery.
Gr. 4-8. |
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| 191077 |
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Brewster, Hugh. Inside the Titanic. Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown,1997.
The Titanic disaster is explored through the eyes of children voyaging on her from a wide range of economic and social backgrounds.
Gr. 4-6. |
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Pennington, Rochelle. The Christmas Tree Ship: The Story of Captain Santa. Woodruff, Wis.: The Guest Cottage/Amherst Press, 2002.
The popular story of "Captain Santa," who for years sailed from Michigan's Upper Peninsula to Chicago with a load of freshly cut Christmas trees. But in 1912, his ship could not withstand the strong gales on Lake Michigan and went down off the coast of Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Charles Vickery provides the artwork.
Gr. 4-8.
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Philbrick, Nathaniel. The Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex. New York: Putnam, 2002.
Philbrick has carefully adapted his adult National Book Award winner, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, for a younger audience. It’s the true story of a sperm whale who in 1820 wrecked the ship trying to hunt him—stranding the crew at sea for three months.
Gr. 6-10. |
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