Levi Strauss: The Jewish Immigrant Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World (b. 1829)

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This is the story of how Levi Strauss (born on this day in 1829) got his American Dream stitched into a pair of blue jeans—the fabric of freedom. Here to tell this story is Lynn Downey. Lynn was the first in-house historian for Levi Strauss & Co. and is the author of the wonderfully readable biography, Levi Strauss: The Man Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World