Good News -- I Failed, a Story of Inventing in Minnesota

Good News -- I Failed, a Story of Inventing in Minnesota

Good News -- I Failed, a Story of Inventing in Minnesota

D. P. Cornelius / DPCornelius

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Editorial:
Mill City Press, Inc
Año de edición:
2011
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Ficción general (infantil/juvenil)
ISBN:
9781937600501
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Dreams - sometimes they change the world, sometimes they just plainfall through. Over the course of a weekend at grandpa’s farm nearLuverne, Minnesota, 14-year-old Josh Lindstrom gets in touch with hisdreams as they spend their time inventing, and grandpa relates thestories of some of the great Minnesota inventors. Success, however, doesnot come easily. So, is there anything to be learned from the inventorsthat preceded them, especially those of the aptly named GreatestGeneration? Josh and his grandpa discover together that when it comesto dreams of inventing, failure is okay. As Minnesota inventor Earl Bakkenhad said, 'Failure is closer to success than inaction.'Some surprises are revealed along the way, andthe unexpected ending soars with a heartfelt andcompelling, once-in-a-lifetime, encounter. An appendixfeaturing profiles of the Minnesota 80 serves as aresource of the state’s key inventors.

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