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

    By Tracy Nelson Maurer and El Primo Ramón

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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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateJun 25, 2019
    ISBN9781250618399
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    Samuel Morse, That's Who!: The Story of the Telegraph and Morse Code
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    Tracy Nelson Maurer

    Tracy Nelson Maurer has published more than 100 titles for children and young adults, including many nonfiction books for schools and libraries. Tracy holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University and lives with her family near Minneapolis, Minnesota. Find her on Facebook or Twitter, or at TracyMaurerWriter.com.

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