NOVEL SUMMARY

Title of the book : JOHN WANAMAKER: Boy Merchant

Author : Olive W. Burt

Publisher : The BOBBS-MERRIL COMPANY, INC.

City : New York

Year : 1962

Page : 200

The book tells about the childhood of one of the famous Americans, John Wanamaker. John Wanamaker is one of famous merchants in America. He was born in 1883. When he was child, he was a nice boy who liked to play just as the other boy on the earth. He was a special boy on his family. He liked to sell things to others. It was begun when he had to buy a fine paper for his Christmas card to his mother but he had nothing to pay for the card to his teacher. Then, he had an idea to change the card with his lunch, a special little cake. Little Johnny always wanted to get everything with his own money. He always had brilliant ideas to sell things. One day he found a cheat merchant on the city and he promised to him self that one day he had to become a good merchant. He had done a lot of hard work and gave his dedication to make his own store. Finally, he built a famous department store ‘Grand Depot’ on Philadelphia in 1876 and for the next years his department stores grew bigger in some places.

Novel Summary

Title of the book : Wilbur and Orville Wright: Boys with Wings

Author : Augusta Stevenson

Publisher : THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY, INC.

City : New York

Year : 1951

Page : 192

The book tells about the story of Wilbur and Orville Wright who invented plane in 1908. Wilbur and Orville lived in a good family. They lived happily on their childhood. Their family was the family who liked to make things. On their childhood, Wilbur and Orville liked to take things apart. Then, they would try to put the things together again. They mother and father never complained about what they did. They even supported them to do that because they realized that it would make them more creative. Wilbur and Orville liked to make or repair things. Since they were child, they had got money from their own job. They worked or make things to get the money. They wanted to get things from their own money, even for their school’s books and clothes. They never gave up to do something and to make things. Everyone on their neighborhood knew it. One day they got an idea to make something that could carry things and them-selves fly. They tried their best and spent a lot of money and time to make it. They finally succeed and got a lot of medals for their plane.