The Diamond and the Boy: The Creation of Diamonds & The Life of H. Tracy Hall – An Inspiring Picture Book Biography cover
The Diamond and the Boy: The Creation of Diamonds & The Life of H. Tracy Hall – An Inspiring Picture Book Biography
by Hannah Holt
Description: The Diamond and the Boy presents parallel narratives of natural diamond formation and H. Tracy Hall's life as the inventor of a machine that creates diamonds, combining geological and biographical information in a picture book format
ISBN: 0062659030
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mholt · 2024-09-09 · Original thread
Howard Tracy Hall's descendant is my sister-in-law. They have lots of his stories in their family history, and she wrote a book for children about the process of inventing his process for the artificial diamond [0]. An uplifting and inspiring story that simplifies things for a child to understand.

[0]: https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Boy-Creation-Diamonds-Tracy/d...