| Author |
Wallace, Archer, 1884-1958 |
| Author of introduction, etc. |
Statten, Taylor, 1882-1956 |
| Title |
Stories of grit
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| Original Publication |
Canada: The Musson Book Company, 1925.
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| Contents |
The blind boy who became poet, preacher and author [George Matheson] -- How a lame boy became the world's greatest potter [Josiah Wedgewood] -- The dutch boy who became a great editor [Edward Bok] -- A deaf boy who became a great Bible scholar [John Kitto] -- The slave boy who became a great leader [Booker T. Washington] -- The immigrant lad who became a king of industry [Andrew Carnegie] -- A shoemaker's apprentice who became a great scholar [Henry Jones] -- From gipsy tent to pulpit [Rodney "Gipsy" Smith] -- A blind man who became Postmaster-General of England [Henry Fawcett] -- The ploughboy who became a famous naturalist [John Muir] -- A sick man who never gave up [Francis Parkman] -- How a poor boy became a great scientist [Jean Henri Fabre] -- What an illiterate boy made of his life [James Flanaghan] -- A donkey boy who became a famous sculptor [Francis Chantrey].
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| Credits |
Al Haines
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
CT: History: Biography
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| Subject |
Boys -- Biography
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| Subject |
Biography -- Juvenile literature
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
71202 |
| Release Date |
Jul 16, 2023 |
| Most Recently Updated |
Jul 21, 2023 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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