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Profiles admirable men from around the world and throughout history, including Socrates, Prince Taishi Shotoku, Leonardo da Vinci, William Shakespeare, Jorge Luis Borges, and Martin Luther King.
Do you ever wish you could visit faraway places or travel back in time? In fact you can do these things every time you open a history book. History is made up of stories of people like you and me, leading their lives and having adventures at any time in the past.
Many history books only tell about governments, wars, and dates. These facts are important, but if you are like me, you want to imagine what it felt like to live in a world quite different from our own. This is what I tried to do when I wrote this book, which is about several historical people who were all heroes in their own way. You might think of heroes as brave leaders, fearless warriors, daring rescuers, or even sports champions. But my idea of a hero is not limited to these kinds of people. I think a hero is anyone who is brave, kind, or wise-not just once but for an entire lifetime.
In this book you will find many kinds of heroes, from all around the world and from different periods of history. Some were great warriors or rulers, and others were artists, scientists, authors, or philosophers. All of them did things that affect our world today.
Although these men made mistakes like anyone else, and although some of them had talents that were not properly recognized in their own day, each used his talents fully, with courage and conviction to the benefit of others.
There are many more heroic people than could fit into these pages. There are heroes-and heroines-living around us all over the world, but there just isn't room for everyone in a single book. Who else might you include?
The story of each hero is illustrated with his portrait, other scenes from his lifetime, and a map of the area inwhich he lived. I have tried to draw each man just as someone living in his own time might have done. I hope that the stories and illustrations in this book will make you think of heroes of your own and will inspire you to use your own special talents to be heroic in your own way.
Prince Taishi Sho-toku Japan
Mansa Kankan Musa West Africa
Leonardo da Vinci Italy
William Shakespeare England
Benjamin Franklin Colonial America
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Austria
Sequoyah United States
Mohandas Gandhi, the "Mahatma" India
Albert Einstein Germany/United States
Jorge Luis Borges Argentina
Martin Luther King, Jr. United States
Author Biography: Rebecca Hazell is a designer and writer living in Nova Scotia, Canada. She has written and illustrated educational filmstrips and designed craftkits for children. She is also an award-winning needlepoint designer. The Barefoot Book of Heroes is a companion volume to her first book, The Barefoot Book of Heroines.
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