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Jan 1, 1914 — Jan 1, 1978· 64 yrs

UNITED STATES AUTHOR · CHILDREN · FICTION

Jay Williams

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Jay Williams (May 31, 1914 – July 12, 1978) was an American author of science fiction (often for children), fantasy, historical fiction, non-fiction, and radical theatre.

Buffalo, United States
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On a peaceful hillside in Italy in the middle of the 1400s, a young boy strolled with his uncle among the tangled grapevines and silvery-green olive trees.

— from Leonardo da Vinci

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Danny Dunn and the smallifying machine

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Professor Bullfinch has created a machine for the government which will shrink objects and be used for spying. When Danny sneaks into the lab, he and his friends discover the machine and try to use it for a problem they have been dealing with at school.

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Danny Dunn Invisible Boy

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By accidentally short-circuiting Professor Bullfinch's new crystalline material, Danny Dunn enables the professor to create a new machine that makes Danny invisible.

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Danny Dunn, time traveler

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Danny, Irene, Joe and Professor bullfinch launch themselves on an amazing journey--in time. They land in the year 1763 and one of the first people they meet is Benjamin Frankly! The Professor plans to return soon to the future, but when he throws the switch, the time machine won't start! While he and Mr. Franklin try to repair it, Danny and his friends explore the colonial town--and Joe is kidnapped by an angry innkeeper who mistakes him for a runaway. Danny and Irene rescue him, but the innkeeper is hot on their trail as they race back to the Professor and Mr. franklin. Will the time machine work now? Or are they stranded in the past forever?

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