Eccentrics
Subtitle: 21 stories of unusual and remarkable people--with exercises for developing critical reading skills.
Series: Critical reading series
Publisher: Jamestown Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lincolnwood, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Readers (Middle school); Readers (Elementary); Reading comprehension -- Problems, exercises, etc; Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Problems, exercises, etc.; Juvenile literature.
Description: Nonfiction articles profiling Snowflake Bentley, Black Bart, George Kaufman, Doris Duke, Johnny Appleseed, Diamond Jim Brady, Lillie Hitchcock Coit, Bill Veeck, Gertrude Lintz, Hetty Green, Alan Abel, Ludwig II, Salvador Dali, Sun Ra, Norton I, Carry Nation, Vincent van Gogh, Amanda Feilding, Ferdinand Demara, Dennis Rodman, and Imelda Marcos. Each is followed by reading comprehension and critical thinking exercises.
Notes: "Levels F-H."