Tells the story of Levi Strauss and the evolution of blue jeans. Written in graphic format.

In 1847 an eighteen-year-old immigrant arrived in New York. He had little in his pockets and no knowledge of English. However, by 1874, people throughout the Un

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.

Blue jeans are globally beloved and quintessentially American. They symbolize everything from the Old West to the hippie counter-culture; everyone from car mech

In 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 mercha