Kombinezon bez verkha (Istoriia sozdaniia dzhinsov) - Ganulich Aleksandr Anatol'evich

Levi Strauss, the "father of blue jeans," never called his offspring. The topless jumpsuit was invented by an imgrant from Bavaria, where the situation of Jews was even more difficult than in other European countries in the early 19th century. However, trousers with copper rivets invented not him, and Jacob Davis, an immigrant from Riga. But Levi was lucky: Davis offered to patent the invention together with The Company of Strauss, because he in California had a reputation not only a successful entrepreneur, but also an honest person.

Alexander Ganilich's book is based on documentary material, written in elegant language and reads like a fascinating narrative.