Levi Strauss and Blue Jeans
Author: Nathan Olson
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780736896467
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTells the story of Levi Strauss and the evolution of blue jeans. Written in graphic format.
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Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea
Author: Tony Johnston
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 37
ISBN-13: 0152061452
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRetells, 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.
Levi Strauss
Author: Lynn Downey
Publisher:
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781625342294
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBlue jeans are globally beloved and quintessentially American. They symbolize everything from the Old West to the hippie counter-culture; everyone from car mechanics to high-fashion models wears jeans. And no name is more associated with blue jeans than Levi Strauss & Co., the creator of this classic American garment. As a young man Levi Strauss left his home in Germany and immigrated to America. He made his way to San Francisco and by 1853 had started his company. Soon he was a leading businessman in a growing commercial city that was beginning to influence the rest of the nation. Family-centered and deeply rooted in his Jewish faith, Strauss was the hub of a wheel whose spokes reached into nearly every aspect of American culture: business, philanthropy, politics, immigration, transportation, education, and fashion. But despite creating an American icon, Levi Strauss is a mystery. Little is known about the man, and the widely circulated "facts" about his life are steeped in mythology. In this first full-length biography, Lynn Downey sets the record straight about this brilliant businessman. Strauss's life was the classic American success story, filled with lessons about craft and integrity, leadership and innovation.
Levi Strauss
Author: Elsie Olson
Publisher: Checkerboard Library
Published: 2017-09
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781532110771
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this engaging biography, readers will learn about the inventor of blue jeans, Levi Strauss. Follow Strauss's story from his early years as a dry goods merchant to his invention with Jacob Davis of the denim jeans. Fun facts, a helpful timeline, a glossary, and an index supplement the historical and color photos showcased in this inspiring biography. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Levi Strauss & Co.
Author: Lynn Downey
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2009-04
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 9780738569345
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWho Was Levi Strauss?
Author: Ellen Labrecque
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2021-03-09
Total Pages: 114
ISBN-13: 0593225074
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow did an immigrant who sold sewing supplies in New York City reinvent himself in the American West by creating the most iconic pair of pants in the world? Find out in this addition to the Who HQ library! As a young working-class German immigrant, Levi Strauss left his family's dry goods business in New York City to journey out west for the California Gold Rush. Only Levi wasn't looking for gold -- he wanted to provide the miners with sturdy clothes to wear while they worked in the dusty river beds. His solution? Blue jeans -- pants made of strong denim fabric -- which have become one of the most beloved and fashionable clothing items in the world. Who Was Levi Strauss? follows the remarkable journey of this American businessman, and takes a look at how one man and a pair of pants changed fashion and the world forever.
Levi Strauss
Author: Carin T. Ford
Publisher: Enslow Elementary
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780766022492
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the life and career of of Levi Strauss, a Bavarian Jew who immigrated to the United States in 1847 and became a very successful businessman and philanthropist after inventing blue jeans.
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Author: Lynn Downey
Publisher: Gingko PressInc
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780961746018
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLevi's jeans are the consummate American icon. For nearly 150 years, Levi's "RM" jeans have been woven into the very fabric of American history and culture. America's love affair with jeans is movingly documented, and the wonderfully original Levi's advertising campaigns brilliantly reproduced. From the gold fields of California to the oil fields of Oklahoma, from wheat fields of Kansas to cattle drives in Texas -- from Woodstock to Haight Ashbury to Rodeo Drive -- Levi's "RM" jeans is the way to go. Forward: R. Martin, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Vintage Denim
Author: David Little
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9780879056643
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA history of denim which looks at the hardwearing material from the age of Levi Strauss to the present day. Provides tips for collectors showing how to determine age, condition, rarity and other factors that set price.
Jeans
Author: James Sullivan
Publisher: Gotham
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"In Jeans, journalist and pop culture critic James Sullivan tells the story of this amazing garment, from its humble utilitarian origins to its ubiquitous presence in the twenty-first-century global economy. Beginning with the appearance of front-buckled denim pants in nineteenth-century America, Sullivan untangles the legends surrounding the origin of jeans and traces their adoption as work clothing in the West. Jeans then follows their mass production by regional entrepreneurs including San Francisco's legendary Levi Strauss, their widespread adoption as youth clothing and westernwear in the twentieth century, and their popularization around the world."--BOOK JACKET.
