This book is in near fine condition. There are corner knocks and the edges show some wear but there are no tears or stains. This book is the story of the ship that brought the settlers to Jamestown. It revisits the history and art of wooden shipbuilding. The book begins with the story of the landing of the Susan Constant in Jamestown in 1607. In 1957 replicas of the three original ships were built but by the 1980's they needed to be replaced. New productions of the Godspeed and the Discovery were launched in 1984. In 1989 the keel of the new Susan Constant was laid down. The rest of the book describes the rebuilding of the ship and how it would have originally been built. Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit environmental restoration and education.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: A Goodly Ship: The Building of the Susan Constant
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, New York, N.Y., USA
Publication Date: 1992
Language: English
ISBN 10: 039557322X
ISBN 13: 9780395573228
Binding: Soft cover
Illustrator: Paul Rocheleau
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Depicts the construction of a replica of a ship that brought English settlers to Jamestown, Virginia

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Larkin is the editor-designer of the best-selling Barn and Shaker and the author of Farm, among many other books published here and abroad. He currently lives in Cherry Plain, New York.

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Stillwaters is an environmental education center in Kingston WA, operated by the Great Peninsula Conservancy. All book sales directly support community and school-based nature education, as well as preservation and restoration projects.

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Stillwaters Environmental Education Center
26059 Barber Cut Off Road NE, Kingston, WA, 98346, U.S.A.

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