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How PETER SHOEFFER Changed The World

By M. H. Walters

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CHAPTER 1
Approximately: 6 Pages
Meeting The Future
Spring, 1452

Under the arched entrance of the inn, a young man paced back and forth, his eyes fixed on the stone-flagged yard under his feet. Beyond him was
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CHAPTER 2
Approximately: 8 Pages
I Will Join You

The printing press was an ugly, sturdy structure that looked very much like the winepress on which it had been modeled. "Here is our master
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CHAPTER 3
Approximately: 3 Pages
New Skills

Peter was eager to learn every printing task. His steady hands became skillful at pouring the molten metal into the type molds. Soon he could
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CHAPTER 4
Approximately: 11 Pages
A Meeting With Johann Fust

Later that day, Peter stood with Johann Gutenberg at the door of a handsome house in the finest part of the city. His face and hands were
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CHAPTER 5
Approximately: 5 Pages
The Trip Home

"Peter! My dearest boy!" His mother came running down the stairs of the Schoeffer's stately house, her face full of happiness. "We weren't expecting you until evening!"
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CHAPTER 6
Approximately: 6 Pages
Give It Up, Peter!

Late that same evening, Peter opened the door of his father's study. "Sir, may I see you for a few minutes?"
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CHAPTER 7
Approximately: 3 Pages
The New Typeface

The first few months of 1454 passed quickly, and printed material seemed to pour out of the little shop. And Peter, energetic and intelligent, with a real gift for getting the work done, supervised it all.
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CHAPTER 8
Approximately: 7 Pages
Peter And Christina

"Good day, Helga," Peter said, "May I see Johann Fust?"
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CHAPTER 9
Approximately: 9 Pages
The Harvest Festival

Johann Gutenberg shook his head angrily. "Print a patchwork Bible? Never!" he snapped. And in spite of all Peter could say, he was
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CHAPTER 10
Approximately: 7 Pages
A Garden Party

They passed though a covered gallery and out onto a broad terrace that overlooked a large, walled garden. Flowering vines were trained against the walls, old trees gave it shade, and the entire area was paved with smooth, irregular slabs of stone, punctuated by beds of scented herbs and brilliant flowers. Dozens of tiny tables had been set up under the trees, and from an arbor at the far end of the garden, a group of musicians was providing music.
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CHAPTER 11
Approximately: 4 Pages
More Troubles

It seemed to Peter that from that day forward, they were plagued by troubles. The weather turned unseasonably cold, and ice crystals formed
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CHAPTER 12
Approximately: 5 Pages
A Hard Winter

Luckily, Peter took no harm from his drenching, but the snowy rain brought illness to many others in Mainz. Several of the workmen fell
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CHAPTER 13
Approximately: 4 Pages
The Deadline

December was a miserable month. Gutenberg recovered slowly, the wet cold continued, and illness remained in the city. For all these
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CHAPTER 14
Approximately: 8 Pages
The Work Must Go On

When little Helga who opened the door to Fust's stately mansion, Peter said firmly, "I need to see Mr. Fust at once!"
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CHAPTER 15
Approximately: 4 Pages
The Red Letters

The spring of 1455 was a desperate, joyless season in Mainz and the surrounding towns. Half the small nobles in western Germany were at war
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CHAPTER 16
Approximately: 9 Pages
An Urgent Message
October, 1455

"Mr. Schoeffer, a person is here to see you." Old Beildeck, Gutenberg's aged servant, interrupted Peter as he sat reading proof in a
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CHAPTER 17
Approximately: 7 Pages
The Summons
October, 1455

Very early in the morning, on the last Monday of October, the City Clerk of Mainz knocked at the door of Johann Gutenberg's printing shop. He
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CHAPTER 18
Approximately: 7 Pages
A Trial In The Court Of Mainz
November 6, 1455

As they sat in the courtroom, Peter's heart ached for the old man beside him. Johann Gutenberg's gray head was bowed hopelessly on his
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CHAPTER 19
Approximately: 6 Pages
Peter, It's Up To You

"Where will you go, sir? What will you do now," Peter asked, his voice betraying the anxiety he felt for the old man.
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CHAPTER 20
Approximately: 2 Pages
The Rest Of The Story

Because this is a true story, it doesn't end with Peter's promise, and anyway, you want to know that happened next:
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