George Washington's Engineer - Pattison, Darcy
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2024 Best STEM Book - National Science Teaching Association In January 1776, George Washington had a problem: the British army controlled the city of Boston. The colonial army needed to force the British to leave. But how? Washington had a solution: ask his engineer Rufus Putnam to solve the problem. They needed to take control of the high ground, Dorchester Heights, just south of Boston. They could place cannons there to bombard the British army. Cannons on Dorchester Heights meant the colonials needed to build walls to protect their soldiers. But January in Massachusetts was so cold that the…mehr

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2024 Best STEM Book - National Science Teaching Association In January 1776, George Washington had a problem: the British army controlled the city of Boston. The colonial army needed to force the British to leave. But how? Washington had a solution: ask his engineer Rufus Putnam to solve the problem. They needed to take control of the high ground, Dorchester Heights, just south of Boston. They could place cannons there to bombard the British army. Cannons on Dorchester Heights meant the colonials needed to build walls to protect their soldiers. But January in Massachusetts was so cold that the ground was frozen. No one could dig foundations for walls. Inspired by a French book, Putnam designed a wall of wood, filled with bundles of sticks. Quartermaster Thomas Mifflin gathered wood, wagons, hay bales and much more from the surrounding countryside. On March 4, 1776, Boston lay under a light fog, while Dorchester Heights saw a full moon. That night, men brought in materials and built a defensive wall, and then brought in cannons. By morning the battle was won, without firing a shot. Putnam's plan had worked! After eight years of occupying Boston, the British sailed away on March 17, 1776. Courage and engineering ingenuity are celebrated in this intriguing story of the role of engineering in the Revolutionary War. Later in life, Rufus Putnam advocated for the establishment of the Corps of Engineers.
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SOBRE LA AUTORALa escritora infantil y editora independiente, DARCY PATTISON ha escrito más de setenta libros infantiles galardonados de ficción y de no-ficción. Cinco libros han recibido reseñas estelares de PW, Kirkus o BCCB. Entre los galardones recibidos se encuentran un Honor Irma Black; cinco NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books; cuatro honores ¡Eureka! de no-ficción; dos selecciones del Junior Library Guild; dos menciones en la lista de libros notables de NCTE en el área de Lenguaje, uno en el área de Estudios Sociales, uno en el área de STEM; un premio Arkansiana y un premio al libro de historia de Arkansas, Susannah deBlack. En 2007 recibió el Premio a las Artes del Gobernador de Arkansas para un artista individual por su trabajo en la literatura infantil. Sus libros se han traducido a diez idiomas. --Children's book author and indie publisher DARCY PATTISON has written over seventy award-winning fiction and non-fiction books for children. Five books have received starred PW, Kirkus, or BCCB reviews. Awards include the Irma Black Honor award, five NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books, four Eureka! Nonfiction Honor book (CA Reading Assn.), two Junior Library Guild selections, two CLA Notable Children's Book in Language Arts, a Notable Social Studies Trade Book, a Best STEM Book, an Arkansiana Award, and the Susannah DeBlack Arkansas Children's History Book award. She's the 2007 recipient of the Arkansas Governor's Arts Award for Individual Artist for her work in children's literature. Her books have been translated into ten languages.