Year
2013
Language
English

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This title explores the history of the America's Cup yacht race. Readers will learn abut the race's course and how it is run, from the starting zone to the top gate. Readers will learn the rules of the race, including speed trial competitions, course boundaries, and penalties. Top captains such as John Cox Stevens, Charles Jackson Paine, J. Pierpont Morgan, and Harold S. Vanderbilt are introduced.

Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

A&D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Reviewed Xtreme Races features the skills, challenges, and life-threatening dangers faced in six of the world's greatest competitions. From Alaska's wilderness to France's grueling mountains, detailed, full-color photographs bring readers along on the thundering thrill rides faced on land, air, sea, and snow. Reluctant readers will be drawn in by the short, easy-to read bursts of information that explain each race's history and rules, as well as the top men and women who use their talents to win a place in history.



Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.



A&D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

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