Mr. Blue Jeans: A Story about Levi Strauss

Maryann N. Weidt
First Avenue Editions (1992)  
ISBN 9780876145883
Reviewed by Anneliese Buenker (age 9) for Reader Views (12/07)

“Mr. Blue Jeans” is a book about how Levi Strauss came to America and what he did when he got here. Levi came from Buttenhiem, which is a town in the Bavarian Alps near the border between Germany and Austria. When Levi Strauss was 18-years old, he convinced his mother and sisters to leave their home to go to America. They sailed on a ship for 48 days and arrived in New York City.

Once Levi was in New York City, he met up with his brothers and continued in his trade of selling dry goods. Then he moved out of New York City and went to Kentucky and then to San Francisco. In San Francisco, Levi started his blue jean company which is now the most popular blue jean company in the U. S.

I think that “Mr. Blue Jeans: A Story about Levi Strauss” was very informative and interesting. Levi Strauss was a very nice and polite man who came all the way from Bavaria to San Francisco and along the way gave us blue jeans as we know them.

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