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The real McCoy : the life of an African-American inventor

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Handsome oil paintings enliven this picture book biography about the little-known inventor who inspired the phrase "the real McCoy". Young readers meet Elijah McCoy and discover how he invented the lawn sprinkler, the rubber heel on a shoe, and more. "A striking introduction to one of the first and most successful African-American inventors".--Booklist, starred review.

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Call Number

926 MCC

Publisher

New York, USA : Scholastic Inc., 1993

Collation

32 pages : illustration : 27 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0590481029

Classification

926

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Subject(s)

African Americans
Inventors
McCoy, Elijah, 1844-1929
African American inventors

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