Schooner

by Pat Lowery Collins

The building of the schooner Thomas E. Lannon as seen through the eyes of a boy, this charming children's book chronicles the extraordinary construction of a great sailing vessel. In the late 1990s, the legendary shipyards of Essex, Massachusetts, buzzed as they had a century before: Under the guiding hand of Harold Burnham, whose family has crafted boats in Essex for generations, the schooner Thomas E. Lannon was built. It was patterned after the nineteenth-century vessel Nokomis, one of the last large engineless schooners to fish off the Grand Banks.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2002

About the author

Pat Lowery Collins is the author of many acclaimed novels and picture books. She was inspired to write HIDDEN VOICES when she learned that Antonio Vivaldi wrote countless concertos to showcase the talents of orphan girls — and snare husbands for a lucky few. She lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Reviews

[Andrea Labonte · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Book.