Author(s): David MacAulay
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
ISBN: 0395520193
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Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback October 1989
Book Description
The mills at Wicksbridge are imaginary, but their planning, construction, and operation are quite typical of mills developed in New England throughout the nineteenth century. Well-researched, ambitious, and absorbing, this is another first-rate history lesson from a practiced, perfectionist hand. — Booklist, starred review ALA Notable Book
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Synopsis
Well researched, ambitious, and absorbing, this first-rate history lesson details the construction of a spinning mill with a good deal of social history interwoven.
