Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz
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Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz is a children's biography of the nineteenth-century paleontologist and natural scientist Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was a Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and a prominent innovator in the study of the Earth's natural history. He grew up in Switzerland and became a professor of natural history at University of Neuchâtel...

 by Mabel Robinson
Mabel Robinson
Mabel Louise Robinson was an American children's author. Robinson was a two-time Newberry Honor recipient.- Early life and education :...

. It tells his life story from his boyhood in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 to his professorship at Harvard. Illustrated by Lynd Ward
Lynd Ward
Lynd Kendall Ward was an American artist and storyteller, and son of Methodist minister and prominent political organizer Harry F. Ward. He illustrated some 200 juvenile and adult books...

, the biography was first published in 1939 and was a Newbery Honor
Newbery Medal
The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association . The award is given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The award has been given since 1922. ...

recipient in 1940.

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