Most Popular Books by Jean Lee Latham

Discusses the conditions that allow blue-green algae to thrive in rivers and some of the measures that are being considered for its control. (SLNSW Infocus item 1429).

When his family is moving, Skipper the dog misses a ride in both the truck and the car, and must find his family. A story to be read with children supplying the noise on the dog''s barking.

A fictionalized account of the life of Joseph Jefferson, the American actor.

While looking for his blue ball, Tabbit finds his yellow duck, red shoe, and other missing articles.

A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to become a ship''s captain and wrote "The American Practical Navigator."

A biography of Eli Whitney tracing his long legal journey to win rights over his pirated cotton gin and to fulfill his Government contract for ten thousand muskets with interchangable parts.

A survey of the historical, social, and economic value of the Columbia River and its basin, and its influence on the development of the Northwestern United States.

A biography of the Swedish-American engineer credited with over 2000 inventions as well as the design and construction of several types of boats, especially the Monitor, the ironclad warship that fought the Merrimac during the Civil War.