Project Gutenberg 2007-11-20 Public domain in the USA. 87 Bassett, Sara Ware 1872 1968 Carl and the Cotton Gin E-text prepared by La Monte H. P. Yarroll, Karen Smith-Cox of Lovington Jr.-Sr. High School, "Carl and the Cotton Gin" by Sara Ware Bassett is a children's novel written in the early 20th century. The book follows the life of young Carl McGregor, a boy from a struggling family living in a tenement, as he navigates childhood adventures and the challenges of his home life, all while learning about the invention of the cotton gin and its significance in history. At the start of the story, we meet Carl and his family, including his strong-willed mother, Mrs. McGregor, who works tirelessly to support her many children by sewing dresses for a dressmaker. The opening chapters depict Carl's interactions with his mother, their community, and other children, focusing on the tension between the desire for education and the need to earn money, as well as the implications of a neighbor's sick child, which brings the community together. Carl's reflections on the cotton gin invention by Eli Whitney also begin to unfold, setting the stage for themes of ingenuity and the impact of inventions on society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Cotton -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Instructional Books Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 402519 401608 2024-09-10T08:10:14.323909 2023-09-10T11:18:58.057218 text/html text/html 413774 2007-11-20T16:02:47 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 297987 2021-01-03T04:43:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 421900 2024-09-10T08:10:21.614814 application/epub+zip 428240 2024-09-10T08:10:15.957836 application/epub+zip 204989 2024-09-10T08:10:15.000882 application/epub+zip 598138 2024-09-10T08:10:25.704818 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 583220 2024-09-10T08:10:20.884862 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360670 2022-09-11T06:02:19.261949 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 377731 377656 2024-09-10T08:10:12.828904 2023-09-10T11:18:56.807201 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 377510 2021-01-03T04:43:53 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 146900 2021-01-03T04:43:53 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 377519 2021-01-03T04:43:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 146880 2021-01-03T04:43:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20115 2024-09-10T08:10:25.865798 application/rdf+xml 13881 2024-09-10T08:10:15.367856 image/jpeg 3899 2024-09-10T08:10:15.184847 image/jpeg 347937 2024-09-10T08:10:14.368879 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia