Knockin at Heaven's Door by Stephen Hill

Knockin at Heaven's Door by Stephen Hill

During the mid-1800s, thousands of girls and boys worked all day, six days a week, in textile mills around the country. One of the biggest mills was Amoskeag, in New Hampshire. This was the mill where young Margaret Knight and her family worked. Like her coworkers, Margaret was deeply troubled by the dangerous looms and deadly accidents that occurred so often. Margaret determined to invent something to make the looms safer. But in 1850, it wasn't easy for a twelve-year-old girl to prove she could make a difference. This story of a brave girl inventor was a 2002 National Council of Social Studies/Children's Book Council Notable Trade Book.

STEPHEN HILL is Director of the Welsh Economy Research Unit at Cardiff Business School. He is editor of the Welsh Economic Review and has published widely on inward investment and regional development.

BRIAN MORGAN is currently Director of the Small Firms Research Unit at Cardiff Business School. He was previously Chief Economist at the Welsh Development Agency.

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ISBN 13	9780830724987
ISBN 10	0830724982
Title	Knockin at Heaven's Door
Author	Stephen Hill
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	David C Cook Publishing Company
Year published	1999-07-01
Number of pages	228
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.