Maverick: The American Name That Became a Legend

by Lewis F. Fisher

Book Overview

By definition, a maverick is a "lone dissenter" who "takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates" or "a person pursuing rebellious, even potentially disruptive policies or ideas." The word maverick has evolved in the English language from being the term for an unbranded stray calf to a label given to a nontraditional person to a more extreme "uncontrollable individualist, iconoclast, unstable nonconformist." The word has grown...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595348387
• ISBN13: 9781595348388
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Maverick Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.9" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7