Asa Candler
(from the Lives and Times series)

Soft drinks are sold in cans and bottles all over the world. They come in hundreds of different flavors. The most famous soft drink is Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola started about 120 years ago as a kind of tonic for common health problems. Asa Candler was a businessperson in Atlanta, Georgia. He started the company that made and bottled Coca-Cola. But what was his childhood like? How did he discover Coca-Cola? How can we learn more about him?

Author: Rebecca Vickers
Size: 7 7/8 x 8 15/16 • Copyright: 2005 • Publisher: Heinemann • Pages: 32
Subjects: Primary Biography
Features: Primary Source, Picture Glossary, Fact or Check Page/File, Timeline
Title ISBN: 9781403463579 (1403463573) • Price: $7.99
6-Pack ISBN: 9781403463715 (1403463719) • Price: $47.94
• Guided Reading Level: N

• AR Level: 3.8 • AR Points: 0.5 • AR Quiz Number: 88544

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Also available in hardcover at Heinemann-Raintree Library

Series Contents / Information

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Lives and Times
Great minds not only think alike, they can influence young minds to better understand their world. Each of these carefully researched biographies of inspirational men and women is supported by a variety of primary source material—newspaper clippings, family photographs, and correspondence—designed to inform as well as to encourage young readers to take on their own investigations.

ISBN: 9781403463708 (1403463700) • Price: $167.79

Includes the following 21 titles: Asa Candler, Ben Cohen, Benjamin Franklin, Dr. Seuss, Edwin Binney, Eli Whitney, Florence Nightingale, George Eastman, H.J. Heinz, Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, J. L. Kraft, Levi Strauss, Madam C.J. Walker, Martin Luther King Jr., Milton Hershey, Ray Kroc, Robert Fulton, The Wright Brothers, Thomas Edison, William Wrigley Jr.