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Elijah McCoy, inventor

Title
Elijah McCoy, inventor / written by Garnet Nelson Jackson ; illustrated by Gary Thomas.
Author
Jackson, Garnet.
Publication
Cleveland, Ohio : Modern Curriculum Press, c1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Thomas, Gary, 1936-
  • Schomburg Children's Collection.
Description
26 p. : col. ill.; 21 cm.
Summary
A simple biography of the black engineer who invented the automatic lubricator for railway systems and thus gave rise to the phrase "the real McCoy."
Series Statement
  • Beginning biographies
  • Jackson, Garnet. Beginning biographies.
Subject
  • McCoy, Elijah, 1844-1929 > Juvenile literature
  • African American inventors > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
  • Lubrication systems > Biography > Juvenile literature
Call Number
Sc D 93-1265
ISBN
  • 0813652308 (lib. bdg.)
  • 0813657032 (pbk.)
LCCN
92028797
OCLC
  • 26397630
  • NYPG93-B65666
Author
Jackson, Garnet.
Title
Elijah McCoy, inventor / written by Garnet Nelson Jackson ; illustrated by Gary Thomas.
Imprint
Cleveland, Ohio : Modern Curriculum Press, c1993.
Series
Beginning biographies
Jackson, Garnet. Beginning biographies.
Added Author
Thomas, Gary, 1936-
Schomburg Children's Collection.
Research Call Number
Sc D 93-1265
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