Levi Strauss gets a bright idea : a fairly fabricated story of a pair of pants
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Johnston, Tony, 1942-
Contributors
Innerst, Stacy, ill.
Published
Boston : Houghton Children's Books, 2011.
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Rapid City Public Library - Picture Books - Juvenile
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Published
Boston : Houghton Children's Books, 2011.
Format
Book
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
LG
Level 3.9, 1 Points

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Retells, in tall-tale fashion, how Levi Strauss went to California during the Gold Rush, saw the need for a sturdier kind of trouser, and invented jeans.

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Strauss, Levi, -- 1829-1902 -- Juvenile fiction.
Strauss, Levi, -- 1829-1902 -- Juvenile fiction.
Other Subjects
California -- History -- 1850-1950 -- Fiction.
California -- History -- 1850-1950 -- Fiction.
Clothing and dress -- Fiction.
Clothing and dress -- Fiction.
Gold mines and mining -- California -- Fiction.
Gold mines and mining -- California -- Fiction.
Jeans (Clothing) -- Fiction.
Jeans (Clothing) -- Fiction.
Strauss, Levi, -- 1829-1902 -- Fiction.
Strauss, Levi, -- 1829-1902 -- Fiction.
Tall tales.
Tall tales.