Captain Cook by Rebecca Levene

Captain Cook by Rebecca Levene

A vivid account of the extraordinary life of the explorer, Captain Cook, with lively narrative text, colourful illustrations and photographs to bring the subject alive. Includes detailed maps of each of Cook's three incredible voyages, along with a chronology of his life and links to recommended websites to find out more. Part of Usborne Young Reading Series 3 for fully confident readers.

Chapters in this book include:
- Off to war
- Master map-maker
- The long voyage
- Uncharted waters
- Disaster!
- Hidden danger
- Third time unlucky
- Cook's last stand
- My life of exploring

Rebecca Levene is an experienced author of fiction and non-fiction and has written scripts for TV and video games, including one voiced by Mickey Rourke. She began her career writing media tie-ins for properties ranging from Doctor Who to the Final Destination movies. More recently, she haS published two original supernatural thrillers and a short story which the Guardian said, '...combines thwarted ambition and a gallery of fascinating secondary characters to wonderfully readable effect'. She is currently helping to storyline and script the hit app Zombies, Run!.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780746064252
ISBN 10	074606425X
Title	Captain Cook
Author	Rebecca Levene
Series	Young Reading Series 3
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Usborne Publishing Ltd
Year published	2005-05-27
Number of pages	64
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.