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Mill

David Macaulay

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers

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Summary

This illustrated look at nineteenth-century New England architecture was named a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year.   This book, from the award-winning author of The Way Things Work, takes readers of all ages on a journey through a fictional mill town called Wicksbridge. With words and pictures, David Macaulay reveals fascinating details about the planning, construction, and operation of the mills—and gives us a powerful sense of the day-to-day lives of Americans in this era.   “His imaginary mills in an imaginary town in Rhode Island, and the generations of people who built and ran them, come to life.” —The New York Times
Available since: 10/30/1989.
Print length: 128 pages.

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