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A Must for School Libraries,
This review is from: Norman Borlaug: Hero in a Hurry (Paperback)
Delightful, colorful, informative and inspirational. Beautiful photos to accompany well-written text. Teacher Lora Swanson researched and wrote this especially for young people. An enjoyable read for adults as well. A must for every school library and public library. A wonderful gift for any occasion.
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This review is from: Norman Borlaug: Hero in a Hurry (Paperback)
The book is interesting and easy to read. Especially the final chapters are very heart-taking: they show you how bad-intentioned publicity or narrow-minded lobbies can hurt science-based decisions and even stop research gthat aims to alleviate poverty and human suffering. However, I found this book surprisingly short in pages. I was prepared to read a much longer biography (almost every other page only contains a photograph).
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Hero in a Hurry,
This review is from: Norman Borlaug: Hero in a Hurry (Paperback)
Occasionally one receives a very pleasant surprise. Such was the mail that brought me a copy of Ms. Lora Swanson's copy of "Norman Borlaug: Hero in a Hurry". This is that rare book that is so inviting, one puts other books on hold, pending the reading of what promises to be an exceptionally good read. "Norman Borlaug: Hero in a Hurry" is an account of an Iowa farm boy's ambition to feed the world. His goal was to assist poor countries to become self sufficient in the production of wheat. This book is a brief, but lucid account of what came to be known as the Green Revolution. A revolution led by Borlaug who believes "it is the moral right of everyone born to have food". This is a rare book in that it shows us a man who not only overcomes every obstacle in his way, but continues to be a decent, unassuming human being, true to his Iowa farm boy roots.
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