Joe Magarac and His USA Citizenship Papers
Year of Publication |
1948
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Publication Type |
Novel
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Number of Pages or Episodes |
64 p.
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Language |
English
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Contributors |
Author:
Irwin Shapiro |
Publisher |
Julian Messner, Inc.
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City |
New York
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Abstract |
Joe Magarac—a mythical Slavic super steelworker who could do the work of 29 men—works multiple jobs at different companies to earn $1,000 for proper citizenship papers.
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Notes |
Won the 1948 Julia Ellsworth Ford Foundation Prize for Children's Literature.
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Author Biography |
Irwin Shapiro (1911-81) grew up in Braddock, Allegheny County. He studied at Carnegie Technical Institute and in New York, then turned to a writing career.
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Time |
1900s
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