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Kulling, Monica.
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Morgan, Garrett A., 1877-1963 -- Juvenile literature.
Inventors, Black -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Breathing apparatus -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Kulling, Monica.
Morgan, Garrett A., 1877-1963 -- Juvenile literature.
Inventors, Black -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Breathing apparatus -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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To the rescue! :
Garrett
Morgan
underground / written by Monica Kulling ; illustrated by David Parkins.
by
Kulling, Monica.
Tundra Books, c2016.
Call #:
609.2 M848t
Subjects
Morgan
,
Garrett
A.,
1877-1963
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Inventors, Black
--
Biography
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Breathing apparatus
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Blacks
--
Biography
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Series
Kulling, Monica. Great idea series.
ISBN:
9781770495203 (bound)
1770495207 (bound)
Alternate title:
Garrett
Morgan
underground
Description:
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
In 1911, 146 workers died in the shocking Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City.
Garrett
Morgan
decided to invent a safety hood for firefighters-- but people weren't interested in buying his safety hood when they discovered its inventor was black. When an explosion trapped workers in a tunnel under Lake Erie in 1916, his hoods were rushed to the scene and used to rescue as many men as possible. Developed further,
Garrett
's invention came to save thousands of soldiers from chlorine gas in the trenches of World War I.
Genre:
Biography,
Juvenile
.
Other authors:
Parkins, David.
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Tantallon Public Library
Children's Black Nonfiction
609.2 M848t
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