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Author Wooldridge, Connie Nordhielm.

Title Thank you very much, Captain Ericsson! / by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge ; illustrated by Andrew Glass.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Holiday House, c2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Biography  J BIO Ericsson    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description [32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Indexed In: SLJ Aug 2005
PW 08/08/2005
KIRKUS 07/01/2005
Summary The engineer Captain John Ericsson was ahead of his time when it came to such ideas as a locomotive that could travel at 30 miles an hour and a high-pressure fire hose, but in America he found a more receptive climate for his inventions.
Subject Ericsson, John, 1803-1889.
Inventors -- Sweden -- Biography.
Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
Added Author Glass, Andrew, 1949- illustrator.
ISBN 0823416267

 
    
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