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Shoes for Everyone: A Story About Jan Matzeliger
By Hetty Mitchell (illustrator) and Barbara Mitchell
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Lerner Pub Group
Publication date February 1, 1988
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Book category Juvenile Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780876144732
ISBN-10 0876144733
Dimensions 0.25 by 6 by 8.75 in.
Weight 0.25 lbs.
Original list price $8.99
Other format details juvenile
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Describes the racial inequality of post-Civil War Philadelphia and celebrates Jan Matzeliger's refusal to let prejudice keep him from realizing his dream--to create a shoe last machine to make shoes for everyone
Amazon.com description: Product 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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Paperback
Book cover for 9780876144732
 
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Reprint edition from Lerner Pub Group (February 1, 1988)
9780876144732 | details & prices | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 3-4 | 0.25 lbs | List price $8.99
About: 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.
Miscellaneous
from Millbrook Pr (January 1, 2012)
9780761390954 | details & prices | 64 pages | List price $34.60
Library
Book cover for 9780876142905
 
from Carolrhoda Books (April 1, 1986)
9780876142905 | details & prices | 6.25 × 8.75 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 3-4 | 0.60 lbs | List price $22.60
About: 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.
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (April 1, 1988)
9780613771566 | details & prices | 6.25 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 3-4 | 0.55 lbs | List price $14.60
About: 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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