Clarence Birdseye
By: Tiffany Peterson.
Series: Lives and times; Lives and times (Des Plaines, Ill.)
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Birdseye, Clarence, 1886-1956 -- Juvenile literature; Birdseye, Clarence, 1886-1956; Frozen foods industry -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature; Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Industrialists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Food industry and trade; Inventors; Industrialists
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: Introduces the life of Clarence Birdseye, who invented a quick-freeze method to preserve the fresh flavor of food and founded the Birds Eye Frosted Foods company in 1929.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Frozen fresh foods; title: Early years; title: College and work; title: Fur trading; title: A family of his own; title: Frozen fish; title: Testing it out; title: A new business; title: Quick-freezing; title: Success!; title: From freezing to drying; title: Lifelong inventor; title: Learning more about Birdseye.