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Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1993]
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Canadian-born black American who studied engineering in Scotland and patented over fifty inventions despite the obstacles he faced because of his race.
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[1986]
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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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