200 pages
This book talks about several famous people and the ways
that they failed throughout their lifetimes.
Some of them succeeded at some of the things that they attempted but
also had some spectacular failures along the way, some succeeded after their
deaths, and some of the just failed, but became famous anyway. For example, Susan B. Anthony, champion of
women’s rights, did not succeed in acquiring the right for women to vote during
her lifetime, but without her instrumental work. It may have taken much longer
than it did. Thomas Alva Edison had many successes during his lifetime but also
some monumental failures, not to mention that he wasn’t a very pleasant man.
Benedict Arnold was a traitor and a spy to the United States but his plot
failed. These are just a handful of the
people discussed in this book that uses a lot of facts and more than a touch of
humor. There are a lot of kids who might
enjoy reading it and the book includes a very detailed list of sources that
could provide further reading
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