Title Frozen in time : Clarence Birdseye's outrageous idea about frozen food / Mark Kurlansky.

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New York : Delacorte Press, [2014]

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Location	Call No.	Status
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Teen	YA B BIRDSEYE CLARENCE K	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department	JB-BIRDSYE, C.	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition
Description	165 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-157) and index.
Audience	Age 10 and up.
Summary	"This biography--perfect for middle-grade readers--tells the life story of Clarence Birdseye, the man who revolutionized the frozen food industry, and is adapted from Mark Kurlansky's adult work Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man. Adventurer and inventor Clarence Birdseye had a fascination with food preservation that led him to develop and patent the Birdseye freezing process and start the company that still bears his name today. His limitless curiosity spurred his other inventions, including the electric sunlamp, an improved incandescent lightbulb, and a harpoon gun to tag finback whales. This true story of an early entrepreneur is as thrilling as the story of Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. Includes an 8-page black-and-white photo insert"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents	Prologue: the nerds of the Industrial Revolution -- A fast-changing world -- Bugs begins -- Bob goes west -- Real bugs -- Labrador: a frozen land -- A very big idea -- A very big deal -- Magic -- The crazy guy down the street -- The last idea.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.3 7.0 170225.
Subject	Birdseye, Clarence, 1886-1956 -- Juvenile literature.
	Birdseye, Clarence, 1886-1956.
	Birdseye, Clarence, 1886-1956. (OCoLC)fst00489002
	Frozen foods industry -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Businessmen -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / Inventions.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Experiments & Projects.
	Frozen foods industry -- United States -- History.
	Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
	Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography.
	Businessmen. (OCoLC)fst00842951
	Frozen foods industry. (OCoLC)fst00935467
	Inventors. (OCoLC)fst00978052
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
ISBN	9780385743884 (hardback)
	0385743882 (hardback)
	9780375991356 (library binding)
	0375991352 (library binding)
	9780385372442 (paperback)
	0385372442 (paperback)

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