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Shoes for Everyone: A Story about Jan Matzeliger

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Book 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.
Book Information
PublisherLerner Publishing Group
BindingPaperback (5 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages63
ISBN-100876144733
ISBN-13978-0876144732
Publication Date08/01/1986
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About Barbara Mitchelhill (Author) : Before I became a writer, I was a teacher. I guess that's why I enjoy visiting schools and meeting up with my readers. Writing for children is great fun. I love to write funny books (my series of s... more
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About Hetty Mitchell (Illustrator) : Hetty Mitchell is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Hetty Mitchell include Martin Luther King Jr. Day (On My Own Holidays), Minnesota A to Z C... more
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