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Before they changed the world : pivotal moments that shaped the lives of great leaders before they became famous
—Kiester, Edwin.
2009

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Describes the events that launched twenty-two famous historical figures on their path to greatness, including Hannibal, Rosa Parks, and Mikhail Gorbachev.

Item Details

ISBN:

  • 9781592333653
  • 1592333656

Description: 288, pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-278) and index.

Contents:

  • Hannibal, Carthage, 218-201 BC
  • Joan of Arc, 1412-1431
  • Elizabeth I, 1533-1603
  • Samuel de Champlain, 1567-1635
  • George Washington, 1732-1799
  • Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805
  • Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821
  • Simon Bolivar, 1783-1830
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1807-1882
  • Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865
  • Ulysses S. Grant, 1822-1885
  • Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919
  • Edith Cowan, 1861-1932
  • Mohandes (Mahatma) Gandhi, 1869-1948
  • Winston Churchill, 1874-1965
  • Albert Einstein, 1879-1955
  • Kemal Ataturk, 1881- 1938
  • Ho Chi Minh, 1890-1969
  • Charles Degaulle, 1890-1970
  • Rosa Parks, 1913-2005
  • John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
  • Mikhail Gorbachev, 1931

LCCN: 2008054246

Control Number: 1577974

Publisher: Beverly, Mass. : Fair Winds Press, 2009.
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