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Softcover, 7½"x9½"
260 pgs., photos & drawings, full color insert.
Price: $21.95 plus s&h.
The USS Constitution is the oldest warship afloat anywhere in the world, over 200 years after her launching. This proud, old warrior has seen - and participated in - virtually all our nations history. She fought in four wars and circled the world as a symbol of American power.
Old Ironsides' pages are filled with drawings, plans, and photographs, many never before published, that are a treasure trove for maritime historians. The book includes a full color-section detailing Constitution's early triumphs by celebrated marine painter William Gilkerson, commissioned especially for this book. If ships may be considered living beings, Constitution is our last living link with our nation's beginnings—and Old Ironsides brings her to life.
