| Edition |
First paperback edition. |
| Description |
ix, 101 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Ingenuity, patents, and patience -- "A very respectable mathematician" -- Unrewarded dreams -- Ingenuity and conflict -- Jan Matzeliger and "The Real McCoy" -- "Electrifying inventors": Lewis Latimer and Granville T. Woods -- Ladies of invention -- "The Wizard of Tuskegee": George Washington Carver -- Health and safety: Percy Julian and Garrett Morgan -- Modern wizards -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
Discusses black inventors and their contributions, including Benjamin Bradley, Madam Walker, and George Washington Carver. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-98) and index. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 9.3 3.0 108267. |
| Subject |
African American inventors -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0802776736 paperback $8.95 |
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9780802776730 paperback |
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