Andrew Higgins and the Boats That Landed Victory in World War II
Published on 25. May 2020
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-4556-2527-7 (ISBN)
Description
Andrew Higgins built boats that could "crunch through driftwood, bounce over logs, climb a beach," and "wham up on a sloping concrete sea wall." In World War II, that was exactly what was needed to get soldiers and Jeeps from the ocean to land. This biography for young readers traces the invention of the legendary Higgins boat--and the adventurous childhood of the remarkable man behind it.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 3 to 8 years
Product notice
Picture book
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4556-2527-7 (9781455625277)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Nancy Rust taught reading for twenty-five years in Kentucky, Florida, Louisiana, and Arizona. She received her bachelor's degree in English from Western Kentucky University and her master's and specialist degrees in education from Louisiana State University. Rust has written several children's books, is an accomplished poet, and has had fiction published in the Jubilee Anthology.