Bibliograph

Rockin' the boat, 50 iconic rebels and revolutionaries : from Joan of Arc to Malcolm X, Jeff Fleischer

Type

Label

Rockin' the boat, 50 iconic rebels and revolutionaries : from Joan of Arc to Malcolm X, Jeff Fleischer

Language

eng

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rockin' the boat

Oclc number

885225486

Responsibility statement

Jeff Fleischer

Sub title

50 iconic rebels and revolutionaries : from Joan of Arc to Malcolm X

Summary

"We love to root for the underdog, and that's part of why we're drawn to the stories of revolutionaries. Whether they fail, succeed, or succeed only to become what they once fought against, people who can rally others to their cause and shake up the status quo tend to be inherently interesting. Tells the stories of 50 such legends throughout the world, from people fed up with the Roman Empire, to the revolutionaries who helped create America"--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Hannibal Barca -- Judah Maccabee -- Gaius Gracchus -- Spartacus -- Julius Caesar -- Vercingetorix -- Cleopatra -- Arminus -- Boudica -- William Wallace -- Owain Glyndwr -- Joan of Arc -- Martin Luther -- Guy Fawkes -- Oliver Cromwell -- Metacom -- Samuel Adams -- George Washington -- Toussaint Louverture -- Thomas Jefferson -- Daniel Shays -- Georges Danton -- Tecumseh -- Simon Bolivar -- Nat Turner -- John Brown -- Giuseppe Garibaldi -- Hone Heke -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Harriet Tubman -- Geronimo -- Sitting Bull -- Mary Harris Jones -- Liliuokalani -- Kate Sheppard -- Emma Goldman -- Mohandas Gandhi -- Vladimir Lenin -- Pancho Villa -- Mustafa Kemal Ataturk -- Marcus Garvey -- Michael Collins -- Ho Chi Minh -- Mao Zedong -- Nelson Mandela -- Malcolm X -- Fidel Castro -- Cesar Chavez -- Che Guevara -- Martin Luther King, Jr

Target audience

adolescent

resource.variantTitle

Rocking the boatFifty iconic rebels and revolutionaries

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