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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.

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  • 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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1001 . ‡aKamkwamba, William.
24514. ‡aThe boy who harnessed the wind : ‡bcreating currents of electricity and hope / ‡cWilliam Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer.
250 . ‡a1st ed.
260 . ‡aNew York : ‡bWilliam Morrow, ‡cc2009.
300 . ‡a273 p. : ‡bill., map ; ‡c24 cm.
520 . ‡aThis 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.
60010. ‡aKamkwamba, William.
650 0. ‡aElectric power production ‡zMalawi.
650 0. ‡aInventors ‡zMalawi ‡vBiography.
650 0. ‡aRural electrification ‡zMalawi.
650 0. ‡aWater supply, Rural ‡zMalawi.
650 0. ‡aWindmills ‡zMalawi.
651 0. ‡aMalawi ‡xRural conditions.
7001 . ‡aMealer, Bryan.
852 . ‡aINNISFIL ‡bCOOKSTOWN ‡h621.312136096897092 Kamkwa
901 . ‡albd00085298 ‡bUnknown ‡c102194 ‡tbiblio

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