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Mistakes That Worked
  • Published: 12 May 2015
  • ISBN: 9780307557988
  • Imprint: RH US eBook Childrens
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 96

Mistakes That Worked

The World's Familiar Inventions and How They Came to Be

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Hardback
3 Jan 2017
EBook
11 Oct 2016
EBook
12 May 2015
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The unusual real-life tales of the worlds most familiar inventions, presented with hilarious cartoons and weird and amazing facts, make up this fun-filled book for young people!

Popsicles, potato chips, Silly Putty, Velcro, and many other familiar things have fascinating stories behind them. In fact, dozens of products and everyday items had surprisingly haphazard beginnings. Mistakes That Worked offers forty of these unusual tales, along with hilarious cartoons and weird and amazing facts. Readers will be surprised and inspired!
  • Published: 12 May 2015
  • ISBN: 9780307557988
  • Imprint: RH US eBook Childrens
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 96
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About the authors

John O'Brien

John O’Brien has held writing fellowships at the University of Iowa and Stanford University, and he was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. His work has appeared in Hudson Review, Massachusetts Review, TriQuarterly, Country Journal, Harrowsmith, and Gray’s Sporting Journal. He lives with his wife, Becky, in Franklin, West Virginia.
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