Bill Bowerman & Phil Knight: Building the Nike Empire (Partners)

Greenberg, Keith Elliot

ISBN 10: 1567110851 ISBN 13: 9781567110852

Publisher: Blackbirch Pr Inc, 1994

Synopsis

Tells how a running shoe business established in a laundry room eventually developed into Nike

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From School Library Journal

Grade 3-4?These series titles focus on teams who have succeeded by combining their individual talents. The writing is simple and contains the necessary facts and dates, but also conveys enough detail about these peoples' lives to make them seem real to young readers. Perhaps more importantly, the texts show how the partners began small?for example, how Bowerman created the Nike "waffle sole" on his waffle iron (the fumes later affected his health). There is a tendency to be somewhat breathless at points, with some fictionalizing, but it doesn't detract from the overall result. The full-color illustrations are serviceable, but not particularly instructive or useful in understanding the subjects. Average fare for the biography shelves.?Christine A. Moesch, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, NY
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

These series titles focus on teams who have succeeded by combining their individual talents. The writing is simple and contains the necessary facts and dates, but also conveys enough detail about these people's lives to make them seem real to young readers. Perhaps more importantly, the texts show how the partners began small; for example, how Bowerman created the Nike waffle-sole on his waffle iron.... -- School Library Journal

Edition details

• Publisher: Blackbirch Pr Inc
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1567110851
• ISBN 13: 9781567110852
• Binding: Library Binding
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Smolinski Dick