{"product_id":"american-sailing-ships-coloring-book-9780486253886","title":"American Sailing Ships Coloring Book","description":"The magnificent age of sail lives again in this distinctive collection of ready-to-color American sailing ships. In a pictorial display spanning over 200 years of maritime history, artist and avid sailor Peter Copeland meticulously depicts vessels ranging from small, shallow-draft topsail schooners of Colonial times and early sail-and-steam powered ships to modern reconstructions of classic 17th-century vessels. \u003cbr\u003eForty-five exciting, ready-to-color illustrations include the privateer frigate \u003ci\u003eBethel\u003c\/i\u003e (1748), a colonial sloop (1760), the \u003ci\u003eAndrew Doria \u003c\/i\u003e(1776), the U.S.S. \u003ci\u003eConstitution\u003c\/i\u003e (1812), the paddle steamer \u003ci\u003eSavannah\u003c\/i\u003e (1819), the clipper ship \u003ci\u003eHelena\u003c\/i\u003e (1849), a Nantucket whaler (1850), and more.\u003cbr\u003eComplementing well-researched and accurately rendered drawings are informative captions which describe each ship -- dates, types of vessel, construction, historical background, distinguishing characteristics, brief anecdotes, and more. \u003cbr\u003eEducational and entertaining, this impressive, fact-filled volume will delight colorists of all ages, students, teachers, as well as anyone captivated by the romance and adventure of the high seas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486253886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.01h x 8.30w x 0.16d","brand":"Peter F. Copeland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637689446556,"sku":"9780486253886","price":5.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3251e933-614d-42dc-82fb-aff6f7986105.jpg?v=1603845438","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/american-sailing-ships-coloring-book-9780486253886","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}