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Working boats : an inside look at ten amazing watercraft / Tom Crestodina.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Seattle, WA : Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 56 pages : illustrations (color), maps ; 32 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781632172594
  • 1632172593
Other title:
  • Inside look at 10 amazing watercraft
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Working boats and their people -- Salmon troller -- Safety gear -- Tugboat -- Engines and propulsion -- Salmon seiner -- King crabber -- Coast Guard cutter -- Halibut schooner -- Fireboat -- Bristol Bay gillnetter -- NOAA research ship -- Double-ended ferry.
Summary: "Want to know what happens during a Coast Guard rescue, what it's like to work on a scientific research vessel, or what's involved when crabbing in the cold waters of the North Pacific? This visually engaging book includes cross sections and exploded views showing in great detail what it's like to live and work aboard ten amazing boats."-- Publisher's description.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 623.8202 C922 Available 33111011078686
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 623.8202 C922 Available 33111011317225
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Boys and girls - and grown-ups - intrigued by the maritime world of the North Pacific will get much pleasure and a pack of insider knowledge from Tom Crestodina'sWorking Boats"
-New York Times

This visually engaging book filled with cross sections and exploded views of working boats is perfect for children--and even adults--curious about the mechanics of boats and the lives of people who work on boats.

Filled with full-page spreads of cross sections of ten intriguing working boats, this book provides a glimpse into their inner workings, as well as highlights of each boat's unique engineering components that enable it to do the job it was built for.

Want to know what goes on behind the scenes of a Coast Guard rescue, what it's like to work on a science research vessel, or what's involved in crabbing? The book includes illustrated details about each boat's mission and jobs people do on board, as well as a glimpse of what life is like on a working boat.

Packed with information that's fun and practical, the book also includes details about maritime instruments, such as how a radar works, on-water safety gear, diesel engines, and mechanics, such as how water is pumped through a fire boat.

Working boats and their people -- Salmon troller -- Safety gear -- Tugboat -- Engines and propulsion -- Salmon seiner -- King crabber -- Coast Guard cutter -- Halibut schooner -- Fireboat -- Bristol Bay gillnetter -- NOAA research ship -- Double-ended ferry.

"Want to know what happens during a Coast Guard rescue, what it's like to work on a scientific research vessel, or what's involved when crabbing in the cold waters of the North Pacific? This visually engaging book includes cross sections and exploded views showing in great detail what it's like to live and work aboard ten amazing boats."-- Publisher's description.

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