Jean Lee Latham

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1) Carry on, Mr. Bowditch

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Latham, Jean Lee

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IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8

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A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to become a ship's captain and authored "The American Practical Navigator."

2) The story of Eli Whitney

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Latham, Jean Lee

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A biography of Eli Whitney tracing his long legal journey to win rights over his pirated cotton gin and to fulfill his Government contract for ten thousand muskets with interchangable parts.

3) Eli Whitney, great inventor

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Latham, Jean Lee

Series

Discovery biography

Pub. Date

[1991]

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A biography of the inventor of the cotton gin who also developed basic ideas of mass production in the manufacture of weapons and other machines.

4) Sam Houston

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Latham, Jean Lee

Pub. Date

1991

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A brief account of Sam Houston who served as a Congressman and Governor of Tennessee before his association with Texas began.

5) Elizabeth Blackwell, pioneer woman doctor

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Latham, Jean Lee

Pub. Date

1991

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A biography of the first woman doctor in the United States, who worked in England and America to open the field of medicine to women.

6) Puss in Boots

Pub. Date

c1961

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When the miller died his younger son inherited only the cat which proved to be a remarkable animal as well as a good provider.