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Biographic: Churchill
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Pumfrey, JamieWiles, Richard

Many people know that Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was a British statesman and prime minister, a speechmaker who led his country through World War II. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he came under enemy fire over 50 times; that he took 36 bottles of wine, 18 of scotch and 6 of brandy to the Boer War; that he painted over 600 works of art and won the Nobel Prize for Literature; and t…

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9781781453018
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95 pgs.; illus. 22 cm
Series Title
Biographic Great Lives in Graphic Form
Call Number
920 WIL c
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Biographic: Hemingway
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Pumfrey, JamieChamberlain-Webber, Judith

Most people know that Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was a towering figure of American literature, a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner and author of novels including The Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and the Sea. What, perhaps, they don?t know is that he was an ambulance driver in the World War I and suffered 227 shrapnel wounds; that he wrote 47 different endings to A Farewell to Arms; that he hu…

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9781781453438
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95 pgs.; illus. 22 cm
Series Title
Biographic Great Lives in Graphic Form
Call Number
920 PUM h
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Biographic: Dickens
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Pumfrey, JamieRobb, Michael

Most people know that Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was one of the greatest novelists of the Victorian era, whose works include David Copperfield and Great Expectations. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he invented more than 200 original words and phrases; that he always slept facing north, in an effort to battle insomnia; that he sent more than 14,000 letters in his lifetime; and that he k…

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9781781453643
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95 pgs.; illus. 22 cm
Series Title
Biographic Great Lives in Graphic Form
Call Number
920 ROB d
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Biographic: Austen
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Collins, SophiePumfrey, Jamie

Many people know that Jane Austen (1775-1817) was one of the greatest literary voices in history, celebrated by critics and the public alike, who wrote 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Pride and Prejudice'. What, perhaps, they don't know is that she was one of eight children of a clergyman; that all of her novels were originally published anonymously, with one simply authored 'By a Lady'; and that …

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9781781452929
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95 pgs.; illus. 22 cm
Series Title
Biographic Great Lives in Graphic Form
Call Number
920 COL a