Samuel Morse, That's Who!: The Story of the Telegraph and Morse Code

Maurer, Tracy Nelson

ISBN 10: 1627791302 / ISBN 13: 9781627791304

Verlag: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2019

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Writer Tracy Nelson Maurer and illustrator El Primo Ramón present a lively picture book biography of Samuel Morse that highlights how he revolutionized modern technology.

Back in the 1800s, information traveled slowly. Who would dream of instant messages? Samuel Morse, that's who! Who traveled to France, where the famous telegraph towers relayed 10,000 possible codes for messages depending on the signal arm positions--only if the weather was clear? Who imagined a system that would use electric pulses to instantly carry coded messages between two machines, rain or shine? Long before the first telephone, who changed communication forever? Samuel Morse, that's who!

This dynamic and substantive biography celebrates an early technology pioneer.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren:

Tracy Nelson Maurer is the author of over a hundred books, including Samuel Morse, That's Who! and John Deere, That's Who! and many other nonfiction books for children. She lives near Minneapolis with her family, and loves to interact with readers on her frequent school and library visits.

Borja Ramón López Cotelo, also known as el primo Ramón, is a professional architect and artist whose work has been featured in many international publications. He is the illustrator of Samuel Morse, That's Who!, which was an NSTA Best STEM Book of the Year and a Bank Street College Best Book of the Year, as well as Hedy's Journey: The True Story of a Hungarian Girl Fleeing the Holocaust, which received the Sydney Taylor Book Award from the Association of Jewish Libraries. Ramón lives in Spain. elprimoramon.com

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Samuel Morse, That's Who!: The Story of the ...
Verlag: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Einband: Hardcover
Illustrator: Ramón, El Primo
Zustand: Very Good