Attack of the Turtle - Softcover

Carlson, Drew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802853382 ISBN 13: 9780802853387

Verlag: WM B EERDMANS CO (JUVENILE), 2008

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During the Revolutionary War, fourteen-year-old Nathan Wade joins forces with his older cousin, the inventor David Bushnell, to secretly build the first submarine used in naval warfare. Reprint.

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Drew Carlson is a former magazine columnist, newspaper reporter, corporate writer, and editor who currently works as the director of public affairs for the Federation of State Medical Boards in Dallas, Texas. Drew says his fascination with obscure facts from American history led him to write Attack of the Turtle, which is his first published novel.

David Johnson is an accomplished editorial artist whose works have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, and The Atlantic Monthly. He has illustrated several children's books, including Call Me Marianne (Eerdmans), Snow Sounds (Houghton Mifflin), and Abraham Lincoln (Scholastic). David lives in Connecticut.

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It's 1776, and the Revolutionary War is raging. Fourteen-year-old Nathan Wade is a patriot, but he's too young to join the fight. Then his cousin David Bushnell comes to town with a secret. David has designed a water machine that can explode bombs underwater. And his mission is to launch it against the British warships in New York harbor.

Nate reluctantly agrees to help David build the weapon of war -- dubbed the "American Turtle." Although he's terrified of water and worried about getting caught, when unlikely circumstances put Nate at the center of the action, he must face the murky waters of his fears head-on.

Based on actual historical events, this adventure story captures the drama of the first submarine used in naval warfare and the struggles of a teenager overcoming self-doubt.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: WM B EERDMANS CO (JUVENILE)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0802853382
• ISBN 13: 9780802853387
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zeichner: Johnson David A.
• Anzahl der Seiten: 149
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar