To the Rescue! Garrett Morgan Underground: Great Ideas Series

by Monica Kulling

Book Overview

The son of freed slaves, Garrett Morgan was determined to have a better life than laboring in the Kentucky fields with his parents and ten siblings. He began by sweeping floors in a clothing factory in Cleveland, Ohio, where he decided to invent a stronger belt for sewing machines. When he was promoted to sewing-machine repairman, Garrett was on his way. In 1911, 146 workers died in the shocking Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City, so...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1770495207
• ISBN13: 9781770495203
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3