
Elijah McCoy : a life of invention
Title:
Elijah McCoy : a life of invention
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Summary:
How can a person make over fifty inventions in a single lifetime? He's got to be the best--the real McCoy! Meet Elijah McCoy, mechanical engineer and inventor extraordinaire. Find out how the son of escaped slaves used his unusual talents to overcome discrimination and become an important inventor of his time.
Year Published:
2014
Physical Description:
16 pages : colour illustrations.
Note:
This item may be found in the Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention Purple System Grade 5 Level V box 6.
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ISBN:
9780325039152
Publisher:
Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, 2014.