More than 600 biographies of notorious personages, from the merely controversial to extremely negative, from ancient times to the present and worldwide, with emphasis on their roles in historical events or impact on law enforcement or popular culture.
When a government official comes into a third grade classroom and tells the students to write a composition entitled "What My Family Does at Night, " Pedro must decide how he feels about the military dictatorship that is running his country.
Discusses, in text and illustrations, the events in the world between the years 1919 and 1939 and the emergence of dictators such as Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, and Franco.
Relates events in the childhood of architect Secundino Fernandez, who left his beloved Havana, Cuba, with his parents, first to spend a year in Spain, and later to move to New York City.
Includes biographies of such notorious tyrants as Nero, Tamerlane, Attila, and Hitler and discusses the characteristics that constitute a tyrant or a conqueror.
