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40 pp.
| Millbrook
| September, 2017
|
Library
ISBN 978-1-5124-1014-3
$19.99
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Ebook
ISBN 978-1-5124-5110-8
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3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Victo Ngai.
Barton recounts how design patterns camouflaged British and American ships to confuse German U-boat submarines during World War I. Royal Navy lieutenant-commander Norman Wilkinson proposed that a dazzlingly painted vessel would prevent attackers from determining the ship's speed and direction. Ngai's mixed-media illustrations artfully capture some of the thousands of ships painted by men and women civilian workers during the era. Reading list, timeline.