Shoes for everyone : a story about Jan Matzeliger
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Mitchell, Hetty, illustrator.
Published
Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [1986].
Format
Book
ISBN
9780876142905, 0876142900
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Status
Cedar Bluff Branch Library - Children's books
B MATZ
1 available
B MATZ
1 available
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Cedar Bluff Branch Library - Children's books | B MATZ | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Inventors -- Juvenile literature.
Matzeliger, Jan Ernst, -- 1852-1889 -- Juvenile literature.
Shoe industry -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Shoe industry -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Inventors -- Juvenile literature.
Matzeliger, Jan Ernst, -- 1852-1889 -- Juvenile literature.
Shoe industry -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Shoe industry -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
More Details
Published
Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [1986].
Language
English
ISBN
9780876142905, 0876142900
Accelerated Reader
MG
Level 5.7, 1 Points
Level 5.7, 1 Points
Notes
Description
A biography of the half-Dutch/half-black Surinamese man who, despite the hardships and prejudice he found in his new Massachusetts home, invented a shoe-lasting machine that revolutionized the shoe industry in the late nineteenth century.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mitchell, B., & Mitchell, H. (1986). Shoes for everyone: a story about Jan Matzeliger . Carolrhoda Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mitchell, Barbara, 1941- and Hetty, Mitchell. 1986. Shoes for Everyone: A Story About Jan Matzeliger. Carolrhoda Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mitchell, Barbara, 1941- and Hetty, Mitchell. Shoes for Everyone: A Story About Jan Matzeliger Carolrhoda Books, 1986.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mitchell, Barbara, and Hetty Mitchell. Shoes for Everyone: A Story About Jan Matzeliger Carolrhoda Books, 1986.
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