Boys who rocked the world
Edition
Aladdin/Beyond Words edition.
Publication Information
New York : Aladdin ; Hillsboro, Or. : Beyond Words, c2012.
Physical Description
250 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Summary
Short profiles of famous young men throughout history, from King Tut to Crazy Horse to Stan Lee to Shaun White.
Contents
- King Tutankhamun : Pharaoh
- Galileo Galilei : Inventor and Physicist
- Blaise Pascal : Mathematician, Scientist, and Philosopher
- Kangxi : Emperor
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Composer
- John Quincy Adams : President, Politician, and Abolitionist
- Louis Braille : Teacher and Inventor
- Los Niños Héroes : Soldiers
- Crazy Horse : Warrior and Leader
- Okita Soji : Swordsman
- Thomas Alva Edison : Inventor
- Chester Greenwood : Inventor
- George Washington Carver : Botanist
- Matthew Alexander Henson : Explorer
- Pablo Picasso : Artist
- Albert Einstein : Physicist
- José Raúl Capablanca : Chess Player
- Salvatore Ferragamo : Shoe Designer
- Jesse Owens : Athlete
- Nelson Mandela : Activist
- Stan Lee : Writer and Illustrator
- Vidal Sassoon : Hair Stylist
- Mau Piailug : Explorer
- The Dalai Lama : Spiritual and Political Leader
- Elvis Presley : King of Rock n Roll
- Bruce Lee : Martial Artist and Actor
- Pelé : Athlete
- Bob Dylan : Singer
- Chico Mendes : Activist
- Stephen King : Writer
- Stevie Wonder : Singer
- Matt Groening : Cartoonist
- Yo-Yo Ma : Musician
- Bill Gates : Software Developer
- Cameron Crowe : Journalist and Movie Director
- Sherman Alexie : Writer
- Will Smith : Actor
- Tony Hawk : Athlete
- Hrithik Roshan : Actor
- The Black Eyed Peas : Musicians
- Mark Zuckerberg : Software Developer
- Shaun White : Athlete
- William Kamkwamba : Inventor, Engineer
- Om Prakash Gurjar : Activist
- The Billy Elliot Boys : Dancers.