Why they became famous

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Vincent Van Gogh

by Vincent Buranelli, illus. by Claudio Solarino
1987
A biography of the Dutch painter who was a strange and difficult child, a tortured adult, and whose geniusfor expressing his artistic vision was not appreciated until after his death.

Florence Nightingale

Recounts the life story of the English girl who became a famous nurse and dedicated herself to the alleviation of suffering at home and abroad.

Florence Nightingale

Recounts the life story of the English girl who became a famous nurse and dedicated herself to the alleviation of suffering at home and abroad.

Christopher Columbus

1985
An account of Columbus's four transatlantic voyages.

Napoleon Bonaparte

1987
Examines the life of the military genius who crowned himself Emperor of the French and established a vast European empire.

Florence Nightingale

1986
Recounts the life story of the English girl who became a famous nurse and dedicated herself to the alleviation of suffering at home and abroad.

Ludwig van Beethoven

1987
A biography of the German musician who composed most of his greatest works after his hearing was gone.

Abraham Lincoln

1985
Recounts the life of the dedicated man who survived a difficult childhood, became a country lawyer, and as sixteenth president of the United States guided the country during the Civil War.
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