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Author:

Vietmeyer, Noel, 1940-

Title:

Our daily bread : the essential Norman Borlaug / Noel Vietmeyer.

Edition:

Version 1.0.

Publisher:

Bracing Books,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

284 p.. : ill., map, ports. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Borlaug, Norman E.--(Norman Ernest),--1914-2009.
Agriculturists--United States--Biography.
Food supply.
Wheat.

Other Titles:

Borlaug

Notes:

[Previously published in three parts as Borlaug; The Mild-Mannered Maverick Who Fed a Billion People.]

Contents:

part 1. The home side : 1914-27, Darkness ; 1928-23, Dawn ; 1933-35, Hunger pains ; 1936-37, Forester ; 1938-44, Problem solver -- part 2. The near side : 1944-45, Breaking hearts ; 1946, Breaking rules ; 1947-48, Near death ; 1949-53, All fall down ; 1954-59, The quiet revolution -- part 3. The far side : 1960-62, Deliverance ; 1963 Pivot point ; 1964-65, Breaking bread ; 1968-69, Problem solved.

Summary:

Norman Borlaug's work in breeding wheat is a large part of the reason the world has not yet run out of food. This is the story of his life and his struggles.

ISBN:

9780578095554
0578095556

OCLC:

(OCoLC)768263751

Locations:

EXPC755 -- Akron Public Library (Akron)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

VXPE964 -- Decorah Public Library (Decorah)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)