About this title: This book contains eleven essays relating to the fight against hunger and the people responsible behind this movement. Contents: Wheat: wheat dreamer, Carleton; wheat finders, Mackay and others more eminent; Meat: scientific Bolshevik, Dorset; man for fundamentals, Mohler; automatic man, Francis; Maize: maize finders, ancient and anonymous; maize ...
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Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company
Date Published: 1928
Description: Good. First Edition. -First Edition--376 pgs. Interior-nice overall condition with book plate. Cover has only light signs of wear. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company
Date Published: 1928
Description: Good. Ex-Library---376 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition w/ ex-library referencing. The boards have normal signs of aging w/ bowing. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company
Date Published: 1928
Description: Good. -Ex-Library--No Jacket. Good 8vo-over 7 3/4"-9 3/4" tall 376 pgs. Interior-Light signs of use w/ ex-library referencing. The boards have light signs of aging. -Publish Place: New York-Size: read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company
Date Published: 1928
Description: Good. ---372 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition. The paperback cover has light signs of aging. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company
Date Published: 1928
Description: Good. ---372 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition. The paperback cover has light signs of aging. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. read more
Description: Reader copy. HARCOURT 1928 BLUE CLOTH HARDBACK WITH TAPED SPINE. ILLUSTRATED BY ZADIG. FAIR. EXLIBRARY COPY WITH WEAR. PAGES ALL HERE. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World, New York
Date Published: 1956
Description: Fair-Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 372pp w/index. HPL20. Cover design by Paul Bacon. Covs quite rubbed, creased, worn; edges & corners worn. Sp a bit concave; edges & ends worn. Pgs a bit browned. All mankind owes a debt to the eleven forgotten heroes whose dramatic achievements are recounted here. Carleton, Mackay, Dorset, Mohler, Francis, Leaming, Shull, Hoffer, Babcock, Steenbock, Goldberger--this is the roster of dedicated men who, by discovering hardier species of wheat and corn, ... read more
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