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32 pp.
| Barron's |
September, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-7641-5310-2$$14.95
(4)
K-3Fast Forward series.
Illustrated by
Peter Dennis.
In a bookish answer to hypertext, this volume features twelve double-page spreads, each accessible by a thumb index, that sequence events surrounding a Spanish ship, from its construction in the 1630s, through an attack and sinking by pirates, to its rediscovery by nineteenth-century divers, to the present-day display of its replica. Somewhat static but well-labeled illustrations add considerable detail to the brief text. Glos., ind.