Janet Nolan
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
"There is a ship, a navy ship. It is called the USS New York. It is big like other navy ships, and it sails like other navy ships, but there is something special about the USS New York. Following the events of September 11, 2001, the governor of New York gave the Navy a steel beam that was once inside one of the World Trade Towers. The beam was driven from New York to a foundry in Louisiana. Metal workers heated the beam to a high, high temperature....
Author
Publisher
Lectorum Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
After the tragic events of 9/11, a seven-and-a-half ton steel beam from one of the World Trade Towers was given to the U.S. Navy. It was sent to a foundry in Louisiana and eventually became the bow of the USS New York. Readers of all ages will moved to see the painstaking work that went into the ship and the perils the workers faced when Katrina threatened their efforts.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In the time of the Irish potato famine, Fergus and his family left for America. But first Fergus cut a branch from a blackthorn tree so that he could take a piece of Ireland with him. On the journey, he whittled the branch into a shillelagh. Each St. Patrick's Day, Fergus told his story of coming to America and of the shillelagh that he brought with him. Throughout the years, one generation after another passed the shillelagh on along with Fergus's
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