When Johann was a child in the early 1400s, books were rare and sometimes very expensive. Each book had to be copied by hand, letter by letter.<\/p>\n
Gutenberg loved to read, and he often grew impatient waiting for the time-consuming bookmaking process to be completed. Young Gutenberg dreamed of finding a better way to make books.<\/p>\n
From his childhood in strife-torn Mainz through the many years of setbacks and bankruptcies, Gutenberg persevered in his belief that books could be made quickly and inexpensively.<\/p>\n
This is the story of the man who invented movable type and the printing press and gave the world the gift of books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Although he is credited with changing history through his invention of printing, Johann Gutenberg remains mysterious. In Fine Print,<\/em> author Joann Johansen Burch pieces together Gutenberg\u2019s amazing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":52720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[556],"product_tag":[552,904],"composite_virtual":false,"composite_layout":"","composite_add_to_cart_form_location":"","composite_editable_in_cart":false,"composite_sold_individually_context":"","composite_shop_price_calc":"","composite_components":[],"composite_scenarios":[],"bundled_by":["34835","10393"],"bundle_stock_status":"instock","bundle_stock_quantity":null,"bundle_virtual":false,"bundle_layout":"","bundle_add_to_cart_form_location":"","bundle_editable_in_cart":false,"bundle_sold_individually_context":"","bundle_item_grouping":"","bundle_min_size":"","bundle_max_size":"","bundled_items":[],"bundle_sell_ids":[],"yoast_head":"\n