Describes the disastrous maiden voyage of the Titanic, "the safest ship ever built, " which sank after colliding with an iceberg in the spring of 1912.
A young girl sees a sidewheeler run aground and over many years describes how the river makes the remains of the wreck into an island and then washes it away again. Based on a true story.
Illustrations and easy-to-follow text teach children about the ironclad warship Monitor, discussing how the ship made history and changed the way wars are fought at sea.
An abridged version of the classic novel presented in the form of a diary in which an Englishman, shipwrecked for almost thirty years on a small isolated island, uses his wit and industry to build a new life. Features illustrations by N.C. Wyeth.
During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600's an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island.