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The boy who harnessed the wind : creating currents of electricity and hope  Cover Image Book Book

The boy who harnessed the wind : creating currents of electricity and hope / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer.

Kamkwamba, William. (Author). Mealer, Bryan. (Added Author).

Summary:

This immensely engaging tale relates how an enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity, and a future, to his family.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780061730320 (hc) :
  • Physical Description: 273 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : William Morrow, c2009.
Subject: Kamkwamba, William.
Electric power production > Malawi.
Inventors > Malawi > Biography.
Rural electrification > Malawi.
Water supply, Rural > Malawi.
Windmills > Malawi.
Malawi > Rural conditions.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Innisfil Public Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lakeshore Branch.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch LP 621.312136096897092 Kamkwa 31681002109528 LARGEPT Available -

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