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Author Swanson, Gloria M., 1927-

Title I've got an idea! : the story of Frederick McKinley Jones / by Gloria M. Swanson & Margaret V. Ott.

Publication Info. Minneapolis : Runestone Press, [1994]
©1994

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Location Call No. Status
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department  JB JONES SWA    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 609.2 JONES    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Children's Department  J BIOG JONES    Check Shelf
Description 95 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-92) and index.
Contents Left behind -- On his own -- On his own -- On the move, south and north -- At the farm -- Speed merchant and soldier -- Electronics wizard -- Small-town talkies -- Ultra sound man -- Cool movers -- Fame, but no fortune -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary A biography of the black engineer and inventor credited with many inventions, including refrigeration units for trucks and railroad cars, portable X-ray units, and the ticket dispenser.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.9 3.0 15505.
Subject Jones, Frederick McKinley, 1893-1961 -- Juvenile literature.
African American inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Jones, Frederick McKinley, 1893-1961.
Inventors.
African Americans -- Biography.
Added Author Ott, Margaret V. (Margaret Virginia), 1917-2016
ISBN 0822531747
9780822531746
0876148070
9780876148075
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