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Frozen in time : Clarence Birdseye's outrageous idea about frozen food / Mark Kurlansky.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Delacorte Press, [2014]Description: 165 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0375991352 (library binding)
  • 0385372442 (pbk)
  • 0385743882 (hardback)
  • 9780375991356 (library binding)
  • 9780385372442 (pbk)
  • 9780385743884 (hardback)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Prologue: the nerds of the Industrial Revolution -- A fast-changing world -- Bugs begins -- Bob goes west -- Real bugs -- Labrador: a frozen land -- A very big idea -- A very big deal -- Magic -- The crazy guy down the street -- The last idea.
Summary: "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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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 338.7664 K96 Available 33111007911502
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Break out the TV dinners! From the author who gave us Cod , Salt , and other informative bestsellers, the first biography of Clarence Birdseye, the eccentric genius inventor whose fast-freezing process revolutionized the food industry and American agriculture.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-157) and index.

Prologue: the nerds of the Industrial Revolution -- A fast-changing world -- Bugs begins -- Bob goes west -- Real bugs -- Labrador: a frozen land -- A very big idea -- A very big deal -- Magic -- The crazy guy down the street -- The last idea.

"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.

Age 10 and up.

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