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Samuel Morse (The Sowers) Paperback – June 1, 1976

by John Hudson Tiner (Author), Shirley Young (Illustrator)
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Artist turned inventor, he developed the telegraph and Morse Code.
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John Hudson Tiner has been a science teacher, mathematician, and a cartographer (map maker). He is the author of more than 30 books. "I especially like to write biographies of famous people of the past," he says. "After I finish the research, a magic moment occurs when the story takes over. The characters come alive. No longer am I a writer. I become a time traveler who stands unseen in the shadows and reports the events as they take place." Mr. Tiner is well known for his popular books about science and religion. Other Sower Series books by Mr. Tiner include biographies of Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Samuel F. B. Morse, Robert Boyle, and Louis Pasteur. He is also the author of several science textboooks. John Tiner and his wife, Jeanene, live in High Ridge, Missouri. The have two children, John Watson and Lambda, and two grandchildren, Adam and Sydney.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mott Media (June 1, 1976)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 170 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0880621370
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0880621373
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches
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John Hudson Tiner is the author of textbooks, science curriculum material, character-building biographies, and books on a variety of other subjects. His books entertain while they increase a person’s knowledge of the essentials of the subject. He has a master’s degree from Duke University. He brings a wide range of exciting facts together to write more than 1,000 published manuscripts, including 80 books, for all age groups.

He is well known for his books for teens and young people including the “Exploring the World of” series for Master book and the Sowers Series for Mott Media. He says, “Young readers of today deserve to experience the thrill and wonder of learning about science. They delight in learning new facts, especially if the facts are presented in an exciting way.”

John Hudson Tiner's popular biographies tell the lives of people who left the world in a better condition than they found it. He says, "After the research is finished, a wonderful moment occurs when the story takes over and the characters come alive. I am no longer a writer, but a time traveler who stands unobserved in the shadows and reports the events as they occur."

His material has been translated into a variety of languages including Spanish, Russian, and German.

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CELake
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2020
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We purchased this for our Songlight Homeschool Curriculum. The order arrived quickly and was in the expected condition as described by the seller. We love this entire line of biographies! Extremely interesting and well written.
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Galadriel
5.0 out of 5 stars Twelve years of rejection did not stop this man
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2001
... Given the older audience, I found this book to be well written and enjoyable for adults as well. A final chapter ends with a summary of the accomplishments of this man and what that means to our society today. It has nice illustrations, and includes an index.
Mr. Tiner combines an encouraging and inspirational story with layman's explanations for the experiments Mr. Morse conducted, which is his writing style for other books he has written for this series as well. In this way one comes away not only with the kind of story that encourages one to persevere, but also with a greater understanding of how the telegraph works if one did not already know.
Beginning as an extremely talented artist, Morse struggles to earn enough money to afford a house and be able to stay home with his family. He gains admiration, but very little money until he finally works on a highly profitable project. Unfortunately, his wife becomes ill and dies while he is away, and this information takes days to reach him.
His sorrow over his wife's death, and having earlier seen a war begin because communication was delayed, cause him to remember what he has learned about electricity. Then only a novelty in science, he designs a way to turn it into instant communication. For 12 years he works on the design and also seeks funding for the project, only to meet with either ridicule or admiration but no funding. At one point he nearly starves to death. Finally the government agrees to fund the project, and the rest, as they say, is history. The guiding force which helped keep him through these trials was his faith in God and the encouragement he drew from the Bible.
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bwana
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring true story of perseverance
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2001
This is a wonderful book! I would make it, and the other biographies by John Hudson Tiner, required reading for young people -- and highly recommended for adults, too.
We memorize cold facts in school like "Morse invented the telegraph" but rarely learn anything about the human drama behind the facts. Here is a famous American who nearly starved himself trying to get his idea off the ground, an idea he KNEW was revolutionary, that none of the "experts" one would support! It's a story of perseverance and courage that eventually paid off and changed the world.
This book is immensely better fare for young people than the mindless drivel on TV and video games. As far as it having a Christian flavor, so what? It's true. Morse is one of many Christians who changed the world--Newton, Kepler, Pasteur, and many others. Does that aspect make the story politically incorrect? Should historians neglect the driving force behind a man's work? Get real, teachers, and tell your students more about Morse and less about Madonna. There are some excellent role models in American history and this is one of them.
John Hudson Tiner makes the character come alive and captures the misery of rejection and the triumph of vindication. It is EASY reading for any student not held captive by teachers that don't teach them how to read. There's nothing like true stories of real people (good-bye, Harry Potter), to inspire, motivate and stimulate young people to become the achievers of tomorrow. Read this and all the others in the Sowers Series, as well Tiner's other excellent books. You'll not only be inspired, you will learn a great deal of amazing history the textbooks never told you.
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Domingo
1.0 out of 5 stars Great book but poor condition
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2022
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This is a great book however the condition wasn't honest. The pages were straight but the binding was coming apart on arrival and pages were falling out from the middle.
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William P. Palmer
3.0 out of 5 stars Samuel F.B. Morse: Artist with a Message
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2013
Review of Samuel F.B. Morse: Artist with a Message by John Hudson Tiner

CITATION: Tiner, J. H. (1987). Samuel F.B. Morse: Artist with a Message (The Sowers Series). Milford. Michigan: Mott Media.

Reviewer: Dr W. P. Palmer

This book is one of a series to meet the needs of students, probably in the late primary or early secondary age range. It has been well researched as the book contains some details of Morse's life, not easily available elsewhere. The format chosen is to present Morse's life in terms of conversations between Morse and many of the people with whom he interacted. These imaginary conversations provide us with Morse's life story. The main problem is that this methodology presents too bland a picture of Morse, who had many admirable qualities which are fully brought out in the text. However Morse was not always a pleasant character and the rougher side of his nature is glossed over. At one stage he stood for Mayor of New York and received fewest votes, because of his intemperate views. This is not mentioned. After the death of his first wife, he left the care of his children to other members of his family, and this is mentioned, with Morse's lengthy trip to Europe appearing to be a reasonable course of action for a loving father.

The reviewer's purpose in choosing this book was to see whether `Samuel F.B. Morse: Artist with a Message' contained useful information about Morse's friend, Professor Lionel Gale. Chapter 9 (pp.94-105) contains some information about Gale, but it is not significantly different from other sources, such as ` The American Leonardo: A Life of Samuel F. B. Morse and ` Lightning Man: The Accursed Life Of Samuel F.B. Morse , which are detailed biographies for an adult audience.

Overall `Samuel F.B. Morse: Artist with a Message' was a reasonable attempt at providing teenagers with a biography of a man who might be considered an example for American youth in spite of the flaws in his character.

BILL PALMER
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4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2016
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Its a good series tells the the story of the person in an interesting way from a christian perspective
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