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Extraordinary men : their boyhood and early life / by William Russell ; with numerous portraits and illustrative engravings.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection EC85 R9194 853e
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Russell, William.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ability--Juvenile literature.
- Ability.
- Success--Juvenile literature.
- Success.
- Young men--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Young men.
- Adventure and adventurers--Juvenile literature.
- Adventure and adventurers.
- Boys--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Boys.
- Role models--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Role models.
- Artists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Artists.
- Philosophers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Philosophers.
- Politicians--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Politicians.
- Authors--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Authors.
- Authors--Biography.
- Politicians--Biography.
- Philosophers--Biography.
- Artists--Biography.
- Boys--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Barnard, H. C. (autograph)
- Physical Description:
- 334 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
- Edition:
- New edition, revised and augmented.
- Manufacture:
- [London] : Savill & Edwards.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : George Routledge and Sons, [1853?]
- Contents:
- Michael Angelo
- Martin Luther
- Shakspere
- Oliver Cromwell
- Molière
- Blaise Pascal
- The Duke of Marlborough
- Peter the Great
- Franklin
- Mirabeau
- Mozart
- Sir Samuel Romilly
- Nelson
- Robert Burns
- Sir Thomas Lawrence
- Wilkie
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Lord Byron
- The Duke of Wellington
- Sir Robert Peel
- Louis Philippe
- Dr. William Ellery Channing
- William Cobbett
- Sheridan
- Jean Paul Richter.
- Notes:
- Preface p. vi dated 1853.
- Illustrations engraved by Dalziel after Portch.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has Prepatory School of Weston-Super-Mare on the cover.
- Culture Class Collection copy has label with the name H.C. Barnard, 1877.
- OCLC:
- 249387116
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