A Head Full of Notions: A Story about Robert Fulton (Creative Minds Biographies) - Softcover

Bowen, Andy Russell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1575050269 ISBN 13: 9781575050263

Publisher: LernerClassroom, 1997

Synopsis

Robert Fulton was an American inventor born in 1765. Some of his accomplishments include designing some of the first submarines and designing the first commercially successful steamboat, the Clemont.

About this title

About the Author:

Author of a number of Creative Minds Biographies.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 3-5. This easy-to-read title looks at the life and imagination of the well-known inventor. Bowen notes the fact that Fulton enjoyed tinkering with machinery from the time he was a child. His aptitude was not just in coming up with new ideas but also in fine-tuning and improving the concepts developed by others. The author recounts the personal and financial success that came with Fulton's best-known mechanical advancement?steam-powered transportation. This clear account offers a detailed look at the technology and the personality of a man who earned himself a place in history. Attractive, full-page black-and-white pencil drawings appear in each chapter. An informative and enjoyable introductory biography.?Maura Bresnahan, Topsfield Town Library, MA
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: LernerClassroom
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1575050269
• ISBN 13: 9781575050263
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64
• Illustrator: Harvey Lisa