The Great Ships: Patrick O’Brien

The Great Ships is a nonfiction story about some of the great ships of the world throughout history. It spans history from the Gokstad Ship over a thousand years ago to Blackbeard’s infamous Queen Anne’s Revenge to the Enterprise naval craft. The book describes the time period in which seventeen well known vessels were used and their uses. It goes into detail about the major battles ships were in, their purposes within the navy or world culture at the time, and even has an index at the back where it tells where they are now. I think this book would be great within a classroom because it’s perfect for mechanics, the expansion in technology and invention over time, and even has a reference to North Carolina with Blackbeard and the Queen Anne’s Revenge. I think this book would be great to implement in a social studies curriculum and would be a perfect reading book for a student who is interest in nautical life.