Makers of history
By: by Annie H. Foster.
Series: Biography index reprint series
Publisher: Books for Libraries Press
Published: 1972
Place of publication: Freeport, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Biography.
Table of contents: title: Discoverers and adventurers: Leif Ericsson; Leif the Lucky. Robert Falcon Scott; in the land of the penguins. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith; the knight of the southern cross.; title: Scientists and inventors: George Stephenson; the father of railways. Thomas Alva Edison; the wizard of Menlo Park. Gugliemo Marconi; the master of space.; title: Humanitarian and religious leaders: St. Francis of Assisi; the knight of poverty. Martin Luther; the hero of civilization. William Penn; a ruler of brotherly love. Abraham Lincoln; a sheperd of his people. Sir Wilfred Grenfell; a fisher of men.; title: National heroes: John Sobieski; a saviour of Christendom. James Wolfe; the hero of Quebec. George Washington; the father of his country. Napoleon Buonaparte; the archangel of war. Giuseppe Garibaldi; the Italian liberator.