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Towle, Wendy THE REAL MCCOY The Life of an African-American Inventor
New york Scholastic Hardcover / Scholastic 1993 0590435965 / 9780590435963 1st Edition; 1st Printing Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Illustrated by Wil Clay
Color Illustrations; Children's Book. Spine ends & corners of book cover have extremely light bumping & rubbing. Illustrated, laminated paper covered boards have blue, yellow and black lettering to the front cover and blue and black lettering to the spine of the book. Text pages are clean & bright. Spine ends & corners of dust jacket have a bit of very light bumping & rubbing. Overall, a nice bright copy. "Where did the expression - the real McCoy - come from? One possilbe source is the story behind the success of an automatic oil cup designed by the African-American inventor, Elijah McCoy. Born in Canada to fugitive slaves, Elijah displayed an avid interest in mechanical devices from a young age. He traveled to Scotland to receive formal training in engineering."
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