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From the good mountain : how Gutenberg changed the world by Rumford, James, 1948- is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is From the good mountain : how Gutenberg changed the world about?
What was made of rags and bones, soot and seeds? What took a mountain to make? For the answer, travel back to the fifteenth centuryto a time when books were made by hand and a man named Johannes Gutenberg invented a way to print books with movable type. Written as a series of riddles and illustrated in the style of medieval manuscripts by an award-winning author and artist, From the Good Mountain will intrigue readers of all ages. On every page there is something surprising to learn about how the very thing you are holding in your hands came to be.
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Rumford, James, 1948-
- Publisher
- New York: Roaring Brook Press
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781596435421
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Technology, Reference, Memoir
- Rating
- 4.22 / 5 (165 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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