The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius

by Sandra Jordan, Jan Greenberg, Eoin Colfer

Book Overview

When George Ohr's trove of pottery was discovered in 1967, years after his death, his true genius was discovered with it. The world could finally see how unique this artist really was Born in 1856 in Biloxi, Mississippi, George grew up to the sounds of the civil war and political unrest. When he was 22, his boyhood friend introduced him to the pottery wheel. The lost young man suddenly found his calling. "When I found the potter's wheel I felt it...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159643810X
• ISBN13: 9781596438101
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Length: 53 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.8" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 7 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 6