Shoes for everyone : a story about Jan Matzeliger / by Barbara Mitchell ; illustrations by Hetty Mitchell.
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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- ISBN: 0876142900 (lib. bdg.) :
- Physical Description: 63 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c1986.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | JB MATZELIGER (Text) | 000076716 | Children's Library -- Biography | Available | - |