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Malone, Peter

Close to the Wind: The Beaufort Scale

40 pp. | Putnam | May, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-399-24399-8 $16.99
(4) 4-6 An author's note introduces Beaufort's maritime wind-force scale before sending readers on a fictional 1805 transatlantic voyage with twelve-year-old midshipman William. Verso pages, peppered with spot illustrations, present an engaging, if somewhat disjointed, collection of information: wind measurements (from 0 [calm] to 12 [hurricane]), excerpts from William's letters, and different nautical facts. Malone's soft-focus paintings, on recto pages, are gorgeously detailed. Glos.
Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

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