Lech Walesa
Subtitle: the road to democracy
By: Rebecca Stefoff.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Great lives. 20th century politics and government; Great lives (New York, N.Y.).
Publisher: Fawcett Columbine
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 131
Subjects: Wałęsa, Lech, 1943- -- Juvenile literature.; NSZZ "Solidarność" (Labor organization) -- Juvenile literature.; Labor unions -- Poland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Description: Traces the life of the Polish union organizer who was instrumental in gaining government recognition for Solidarity, and won the Nobel Prize, and in 1990 became Poland's first democratically elected president.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 131).
"For middle-school readers"--T.p. verso.