Mary Morton Cowen

Cyrus Field's Big Dream

The Daring Effort to Lay the First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable

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Produktbeschreibung

A nonfiction middle-grade title that explores the extraordinary achievement of Cyrus Field and one of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th century

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Astra Publishing House
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 262mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 994g
• ISBN-13: 9781629795560
• ISBN-10: 1629795569
• Artikelnr.: 50687585

Autorenporträt

Award-winning author, Mary Morton Cowan, has focused on writing for young readers for more than twenty-five years. Cyrus Field's Big Dream is her second biography. Earlier books include: Captain Mac: the Life of Donald Baxter MacMillan, Arctic Explorer, which received multiple awards, including the National Outdoor Book Award and the Society of School Librarians International Honor Book Award; Timberrr... A History of Logging in New England, for which received Maine Library Association's Lupine Honor Award; and a historical novel, Ice Country. Her articles and stories have been published in more than eighty issues of children's magazines, and several have been reprinted in textbooks and anthologies. A member of Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance and SCBWI, Mary is a visiting author in schools and speaks to a variety of community groups. She and her husband live near Sebago Lake, ME.