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Levi Strauss gets a bright idea or the positively true and unfabricated story of a pair of pants

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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Main Author:	Johnston, Tony, 1942-
Other Authors:	Innerst, Stacy (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.
Subjects:	Strauss, Levi, > 1829-1902 > Juvenile fiction. Jeans (Clothing) > Juvenile fiction Clothing and dress > Juvenile fiction Gold mines and mining > California > Juvenile fiction California > History > 1850-1950 > Juvenile fiction
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Summary:	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.
Physical Description:	1. v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 x 25 cm.
ISBN:	9780152061456 0152061452
Author Notes:	Tony Johnston was born in Los Angeles, California on January 30, 1942. She received a B.A. in history and an M.A in education from Stanford University. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a fourth-grade teacher. She has written over 70 books for children. Her titles include Amber on the Mountain, the Cowboy and the Black-Eyed Pea, Day of the Dead, the Ghost of Nicholas Greebe, the Sparky and Eddie series, and the Adventures of Mole and Troll. Her first adult novel was Any Small Goodness. Her works have earned her several awards including a Children's Choice Award for Four Scary Stories and the Beatty Award in 2002 for Any Small Goodness. (Bowker Author Biography)