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Book

Heroes : great men through the ages

Call Number

  • J 920 H (OSH)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

New York : Abbeville Press, 1997.

Physical Description

80 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm.

Summary

Profiles twelve admirable men from around the world and throughout history.

Notes

Originally published: Great Britain : Barefoot Books Ltd., c1996.

Contents

  • Socrates
  • Prince Taishi Shōtoku
  • Mansa Kankan Musa
  • Leonardo da Vinci
  • William Shakespeare
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Suquoyah
  • Mohandas Gandhi, the "Mahatma"
  • Albert Einstein
  • Jorge Luis Borges
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.

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