Binding: Paperback
Description: In this reverentially funny tale from Deborah Chandra written in verse and based on Washington's letters diaries and other historical records readers will find out what really happened as they follow the trail of lost teeth to complete tooflessness. From battling toothaches while fighting the British to having rotten teeth removed by his dentists the Father of His Country suffered all his life with tooth problems. Yet contrary to popular belief he never had a set of wooden teeth. Starting at the age of twenty - four George Washington lost on average a tooth a year and by the time he was elected president he had only two left! Illustrated in watercolors with subtle humor by Brock Cole George Washington's Teeth is followed by a four - page time line featuring reproduced period portraits of Washington.
Title: George Washington's Teeth
Author(s): Comora Madeleine, Brock Cole
Publisher: Square Fish
Barcode: 9780312376048
Pages: 40 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 12/26/2007
Category: Educational: History