Pouring Iron: A Foundry Ghost Story

by David L. Weitzman

Book Overview

Howard loves to visit his grandparents in Sutter Creek, California. Nestled deep in the Sierra foothills, the old mining town provides a glimpse of the Gold Rush days. One can almost see the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395841704
• ISBN13: 9780395841709
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.4" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Short, and complete, with excellent illustrations

POURING IRON, written for "young people", presents a superbly illustrated and detailed description of the casting process at the Knights Foundry in Sutters Creek, California using equipment characteristic of about 1900. The approximately 26 pages are unnumbered (the inflated claim of 40 pages must include the covers and blank filler pages). Unfortunately the little book is written the first person which is awkward and annoying-especially in this particular case. An unnecessary and distracting device is that the young visitor is led through the foundry by ghosts. Since the foundry still operates, ghosts are unnecessary-real workers and their stories would be more interesting.