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The sole man : Jan Matzeliger's lasting invention Cover Image Book Book

The sole man : Jan Matzeliger's lasting invention

Keller, Shana 1977- (author.). Costanza, Stephen, (illustrator.).

Summary: In 1873, Jan Ernst Matzeliger arrived in America. He was highly skilled with machinery, but no one wanted to hire a Black immigrant. Jan finally got a job at a shoe factory. He envisioned a machine that would help produce shoes more efficiently. People scoffed, but Jan wasn't deterred, and after years of planning and experimenting, he finally presented his lasting machine.

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  • ISBN: 1534113002
  • ISBN: 9781534113008
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
    print
  • Publisher: Ann Arbor, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, [2024]

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Subtitle from the cover.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 6-10 Sleeping Bear Press.

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Subject: Immigrants
Inventors, Black
Shoe industry
Shoemakers
Matzeliger, Jan Ernst 1852-1889
Immigrants Employment United States Juvenile literature
Inventors, Black United States Biography Juvenile literature
Shoe industry United States Biography Juvenile literature
Shoemakers United States Biography Juvenile literature
Matzeliger, Jan Ernst 1852-1889
Genre: Picture books.
Biographies.

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