Joe Magarac and His USA Citizenship Papers

Year of Publication
1948
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
64 p.
Language
English
Contributors Author: Irwin Shapiro
Publisher
Julian Messner, Inc.
City
New York
Genre
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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.
Notes
Won the 1948 Julia Ellsworth Ford Foundation Prize for Children's Literature.
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.
Time
1900s
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