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Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sarah E. Goode was one of the first African-American women to get a United States patent. Working in her husband's furniture store, she recognized the need for a multi-use bed and, through hard work, ingenuity, and determination, invented her unique cupboard bed. She built more than a piece of furniture. She built a life far away from slavery - a life where her sweet dreams could come true.
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Incredible biography of the genius who created, among other society-changing inventions, the motion picture medium. This story depicts Edison's beginning when he was a penniless janitor who set up a make-shift laboratory in an office basement.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A brilliant portrait of two American giants, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, and America entering the automobile age, told through the fascinating but little-known narrative of the summer road trips taken by Edison and Ford"--
Publisher
Brainy Pants
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Join mega smart space cadets Scarp and Hub for a journey of learning and discovery like never before! This time around the duo embarks on a mighty adventure to meet and learn about the greatest inventors that ever lived in this neuron-blasting new documentary that will power the brain to higher knowledge!
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