Image from Coce

Close to the wind : the Beaufort scale / Peter Malone.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Putnams, c2007.Description: [40] p. : col. ill., col. map ; 24 x 28 cmISBN:
  • 0399243992
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 551.51/80287 22
LOC classification:
  • QC931.4 .M35 2007
Online resources: Summary: Describes Francis Beaufort's creation of the Beaufort wind force scale in 1810; presents fictional diary entries by a twelve-year-old nineteenth-century midshipman that describe conditions aboard ship at each of the scale's twelve levels; and includes facts on the construction of a man-of-war and the daily lives of English sailors.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Unknown Beverly Middle School 551.51 MAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 703403

Wilson's Children, January 2009

School Library Journal starred, May 2007

Booklist, June 2007

Horn Book, October 2007

Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2007

Kirkus Review, April 2007

Library Media Connection, November 2007

Describes Francis Beaufort's creation of the Beaufort wind force scale in 1810; presents fictional diary entries by a twelve-year-old nineteenth-century midshipman that describe conditions aboard ship at each of the scale's twelve levels; and includes facts on the construction of a man-of-war and the daily lives of English sailors.

5.9

3-6 Follett Library Resources

Accelerated Reader AR LG 6.8 1.0 115651