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Extraordinary People: A Semi-Comprehensive Guide to Some of the World’s Most Fascinating Individuals

Extraordinary People: A Semi-Comprehensive Guide to Some of the World’s Most Fascinating Individuals

Author Michael Hearst
Publisher Chronicle Books
Publication Date 2015-05-12
Section Children's Nonfiction
Type New
Format Hardcover
ISBN 9781452127095

Inside this book, you'll find stories of 50 extraordinary people such as:

Evel Knievel, who jumped his motorcycle over 14 Greyhound buses
The Iceman, the most well-preserved human, found in the ice after 5,300 years
Sam Patch, who jumped Niagara Falls for $75
Helen Thayer, who walked to the North Pole alone
Roy Sullivan, who was struck by lightning 7 times

These intriguing facts and hundreds more await curious readers, amateur historians, and anyone who aspires to the altogether extraordinary!

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