Elijah McCoy, inventor
By: written by Garnet Nelson Jackson ; illustrated by Gary Thomas.
Contributors: Thomas, Gary, 1936- ill.
Series: Beginning biographies
Publisher: Modern Curriculum Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Cleveland, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 26
Subjects: McCoy, Elijah, 1844-1929 -- Juvenile literature.; McCoy, Elijah, 1844-1929.; African American inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Lubrication systems -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Inventors.; African Americans -- Biography.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: A simple biography of the black engineer who invented the automatic lubricator for railway systems and thus gave rise to the phrase "the real McCoy."