The Resource Curiosity, Gary Blackwood
Curiosity, Gary Blackwood
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Resource Information
The item Curiosity, Gary Blackwood represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in North Webster Community Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- In 1835, when his father is put in a Philadelphia debtor's prison, twelve-year-old chess prodigy Rufus Goodspeed is relieved to be recruited to secretly operate a chess-playing automaton named The Turk, but soon questions the fate of his predecessors and his own safety
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 313 pages
- Isbn
- 9780803739246
- Label
- Curiosity
- Title
- Curiosity
- Statement of responsibility
- Gary Blackwood
- Subject
-
- trueTwelve-year-old boys
- true1830s -- 1830 -- 1839
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- Apprentices -- Fiction
- trueAutomata
- trueBoy apprentices
- trueChess
- Chess -- Fiction
- trueFather-separated boys
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueMälzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838
- Mälzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838 -- Fiction
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- truePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century
- truePoverty
- Poverty -- Fiction
- truePreteen boys
- Robots -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1835, when his father is put in a Philadelphia debtor's prison, twelve-year-old chess prodigy Rufus Goodspeed is relieved to be recruited to secretly operate a chess-playing automaton named The Turk, but soon questions the fate of his predecessors and his own safety
- Summary
- In 1835, when his father is put in a Philadelphia debtor's prison, twelve-year-old chess prodigy Rufus Goodspeed is relieved to be recruited to secretly operate a chess-playing automaton named The Turk, but soon questions the fate of his predecessors and his own safety
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10304671
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Blackwood, Gary L
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 870
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- LC call number
- PZ7.B5338
- LC item number
- Cur 2014
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 870
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 5
- 8
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Chess
- Apprentices
- Poverty
- Robots
- Mälzel, Johann Nepomuk
- Philadelphia (Pa.)
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Curiosity, Gary Blackwood
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20166288
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 313 pages
- Isbn
- 9780803739246
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2013013438
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Curiosity, Gary Blackwood
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20166288
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 313 pages
- Isbn
- 9780803739246
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2013013438
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- trueTwelve-year-old boys
- true1830s -- 1830 -- 1839
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- Apprentices -- Fiction
- trueAutomata
- trueBoy apprentices
- trueChess
- Chess -- Fiction
- trueFather-separated boys
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueMälzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838
- Mälzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838 -- Fiction
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- truePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century
- truePoverty
- Poverty -- Fiction
- truePreteen boys
- Robots -- Fiction
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