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The Wheat Whisper or Father of the Green Revolution,

Hero for the Hungry : The Life and Work of Work of Norman Borlaug by Peggy Thomas

June 13, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While back, an email came into my possession containing the (currently available) reader copy of Hero for the Hungry : The Life and Work of Work of Norman Borlaug  by Peggy Thomas and illustrator Sam Kalda. The first part of the first half was interesting. It gave a nice introduction to the man that was Norman Borlaug. Starting with him as a young farm child to his college years, we see how he would eventually end up in Mexico learning as much as he would […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Sports Tagged With: earth science, Peggy Thomas, poltical, Sam Kalda, Science & Technology Biographies, Scientists, world hunger

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:307 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Sports · Tags: earth science, Peggy Thomas, poltical, Sam Kalda, Science & Technology Biographies, Scientists, world hunger ·
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