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1 online resource (165 pages) : illustrations |
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text file rda |
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This biography'perfect for middle-grade readers'tells the life story of Clarence Birdseye, the man who revolutionized the frozen food industry, and is adapted from Mark Kurlansky's adult work Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man. Adventurer and inventor Clarence Birdseye had a fascination with food preservation that led him to develop and patent the Birdseye freezing process and start the company that still bears his name today. His limitless curiosity spurred his other inventions, including the electric sunlamp, an improved incandescent lightbulb, and a harpoon gun to tag finback whales. This true story of an early entrepreneur is as thrilling as the story of Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. Simultaneously available in a hardcover and trade paperback edition. Each edition includes an 8-page black-and-white photo insert. From the Hardcover edition. |
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1220 Lexile. |
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1220L Lexile |
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Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.3 7 170225 |
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Accelerated Reader MG 8.3 7 170225 |
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Age 10 and up. |
| Note |
"This work is based on Birdseye: the Adventures of a Curious Man, copyright ©2012 by Mark Kurlansky, published in hardcover by Doubleday, a division of Random House LLC, in 2012"--Copyright page. |
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Describes the innovations that helped Clarence Birdseye revolutionize the frozen food industry and start the company that still bears his name. |
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"This biography--perfect for middle-grade readers--tells the life story of Clarence Birdseye, the man who revolutionized the frozen food industry, and is adapted from Mark Kurlansky's adult work Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man. Adventurer and inventor Clarence Birdseye had a fascination with food preservation that led him to develop and patent the Birdseye freezing process and start the company that still bears his name today. His limitless curiosity spurred his other inventions, including the electric sunlamp, an improved incandescent lightbulb, and a harpoon gun to tag finback whales. This true story of an early entrepreneur is as thrilling as the story of Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. Includes an 8-page black-and-white photo insert"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-157) and index. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
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Birdseye, Clarence, 1886-1956 -- Juvenile literature.
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Birdseye, Clarence, 1886-1956. |
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Frozen foods industry -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Businessmen -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Birdseye, Clarence, 1886-1956.
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Frozen foods industry -- History.
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Inventors.
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Businessmen.
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Businessmen. |
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Frozen foods industry. |
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Inventors. |
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United States. |
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Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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History.
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Juvenile works.
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Electronic books.
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Kurlansky, Mark.
Birdseye.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Kurlansky, Mark. Frozen in time New York : Delacorte Press, [2014] 9780385743884 (DLC) 2014017840 (OCoLC)870896548 |
| ISBN |
9780385372435 : $23.97 |
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0385372434 : $23.97 |
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