The Role of Reading in Nine Famous Lives

by Donald E. Howard

According to the end-of-millennium Arts and Entertainment Television Network survey, the single most influential person of the last thousand years was Johann Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing press. The revolutionary advent of moveable metal type made possible the diffusion of books to people around the world, profoundly influencing the lives of many famous historical figures thereafter.

This book attempts to demonstrate the role...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786421339
• ISBN13: 9780786421336
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 199 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher