Extraordinary people : a semi-comprehensive guide to some of the world's most fascinating individuals / written by Michael Hearst ; illustrated by Aaron Scamihorn.
Material type: TextSeries: Hearst, Michael, Uncommon compendiums ; Publisher: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2015]Description: 110 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1452127093 (hardback)
- 9781452127095 (hardback)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 920.02 H436 | Available | 33111007736578 | ||||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 920.02 H436 | Checked out | 06/26/2024 | 33111008005106 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Inside this book, you'll find stories of 50 extraordinary people such as:
Evel Knievel, who jumped his motorcycle over 14 Greyhound buses
The Iceman, the most well-preserved human, found in the ice after 5,300 years
Sam Patch, who jumped Niagara Falls for $75
Helen Thayer, who walked to the North Pole alone
Roy Sullivan, who was struck by lightning 7 times
These intriguing facts and hundreds more await curious readers, amateur historians, and anyone who aspires to the altogether extraordinary!
Alicia Alonso -- P. T. Barnum -- Ibn Battuta -- Heraclio Bernal -- Manute Bol & Spud Webb -- Alexander Calder -- George Washington Carver -- Charlie Chaplin -- Julia Child -- Jeanne De Clisson -- Bessie Coleman -- Jacques Cousteau -- Marie Curie -- Wag Dodge -- Bobby Fischer -- Terry Fox -- Benjamin Franklin -- Buckminster Fuller -- Vincenzo Galilei -- Jane Goodall -- Temple Grandin -- Hetty Green -- Hildegard of Bingen -- Harry Houdini -- William Kamkwamba -- Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan -- Billie Jean King -- Evel Knievel -- Sergei Korolev -- Minakata Kumagusu -- Bruce Lee -- Edward Leedskalnin -- Stagecoach Mary -- Sir, Alfred Mehran -- Kevin Mitnick -- Rodney Mullen -- Otzi the Iceman -- Sam Patch -- George Plimpton -- Alain Robert -- Fred Rogers -- Deion Sanders -- Roy Sullivan -- Nikola Tesla -- Helen Thayer -- Leon Theremin -- Mark Twain -- Ruth Wakefield -- Larry Walters -- Malala Yousafzai.
"Brief and humorous biographies of fascinating people"-- Provided by publisher.