Books with author Jane Sutcliffe

Michelangelo saw something—someone—special in the stone. No one wanted the “giant.” The hulking block of marble lay in the work yard, rained on, hacked at, and abandoned—until a young Michelangelo saw his David in it.Night and day, Michelangelo worked in secret, lovingly coaxing statue out of the stone. Its majesty endures even today. This is the story of how a neglected, discarded stone became a masterpiece for all time. It is also a story of how humans see themselves reflected in art. Back matter includes further information about David and a selected bibliography

Born in Rutland, Vermont, John Deere served a four-year apprenticeship to a blacksmith and worked in that trade until 1837. The implements being used by pioneer farmers of that day were cumbersome and ineffective for cutting and turning the prairie soil. To alleviate the problem, Deere and a partner, Major Leonard Andrus, designed three new plows in 1838. The plow was so successful that by 1846 Deere and his partner were selling a thousand a year. Deere then sold his interest to Andrus and organized a plow company in Moline, Illinois. After experimenting with imported English steel, he had a cast steel plow made for him in Pittsburgh. By 1855 he was selling more than 13,000 such plows a year. In 1868 his business was incorporated as Deere & Company, which is still in existence today.

True or False? Patton moved his tank division farther and faster than many thought possible. True! When Patton said his troops would need only three days to reach trapped U.S. soldiers, the other generals thought he was boasting. But Patton kept his word. His tanks sped to the rescue in one of the key victories in World War II. He took fifth place in the pentathlon in the 1912 Olympics. He was an expert swordsman and even designed a new saber called the Patton sword. He believed he had been a soldier in past lives, fighting in ancient Rome in one life and sailing with the Vikings in another.