Inventions and inventors / Darren Sechrist.

Author/creator Sechrist, Darren
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Crabtree Publishing Company, ©2009.
Description32 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Subjects

SeriesGraphic America
Graphic America. ^A1264887
Contents Building a better world -- Benjamin Franklin: America's first inventor -- Samuel B. Morse and the telegraph -- Thomas Edison: lighting up the world -- Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone -- George Washington Carver: the plant doctor -- Henry Ford and the car -- Guglielmo Marconi and the wireless world -- First in flight: the Wright brothers.
Abstract During the 1800s, things changed quickly. People were finding ways to make things faster and cheaper. People were finding new ways to do other things, too. Inventors played an important part in these changes. They found new ways to travel. They came up with new ways to send messages to each other. They even found a way to light up the night.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 32) and index.
Audience GN 500 Lexile
Genre/formGraphic novels.
LCCN 2008043037
ISBN9780778742135 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN077874213X (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780778741862 (reinforced library binding : alk. paper)
ISBN0778741869 (reinforced library binding : alk. paper)
Stock number1286299 QBI

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