The Cotton Gin

By Milton Meltzer

Book Overview

This volume explains the mechanics of the cotton gin, invented in the late eighteenth century by Eli Whitney. It describes how it enabled, tragically, the vast expansion of the American slave trade.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761415378
• ISBN13: 9780761415374
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
• Length: 123 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.7" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12