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Monday, December 29, 2014

Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

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Book: Snowflake Bentley
Author: Jacqueline Briggs Martin
ISBN-13: 978-0-547-24829-5

1. In the days when farmers worked with ox and sled and cut the dark with lantern light
2. February 9, 1865
3. Jericho, Vermont
4. Between Lake Champlain and Mount Mansfield
5. 120 inches
6. snowstorm days
7. as beautiful as butterflies, apple blossoms
8. Charlie
9. his mother
10. a microscope
11. true
12. false
13. true
14. 6 branches
15. 3
16. snow crystals
17. 15 yrs old
18. 17 yrs old
19. 3,600 times
20. taller than a newborn calf
21. it cost as much as ten cows
22. 2 winters
23. no, they laughed at the idea
24. it begins as a tiny speck
25. water (A)
26. branches
27. small quantities of air
28. because of these factors: 1. Coldness  2. Wind  3. Moisture
29. Valentine’s Day in 1928
30. Over 100 photographs
31. A gift from King Winter
32. The Snowflake Man
33. snow
34. on his pictures
35. 66 yrs old
36. $15,000
37. $4,000
38. he became ill with pneumonia

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