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

By Michael Hearst

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

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1452127093
• ISBN13: 9781452127095
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.6" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7