True Kelley
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Dahl is one of the most famous children's book authors ever. Now in this biography, children will learn of his real-life adventures. A flying ace for the British Air Force, he was married to an Academy Award-winning actress. He also wrote books and screenplays for adults. Illustrations.
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Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
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[2015]
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English
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"It was world-famous sculptor Gutzon Borglum's dream to carve sixty-foot-high likenesses of four presidents on a granite cliff in South Dakota. Does that sound like a wacky idea? Many at the time thought so. Borglum faced a lot of opposition and problems at every turn; the blasting and carving carried out through the years of the Great Depression when funding for anything was hard to come by. Yet Mount Rushmore now draws almost three million visitors...
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"Presents the life and accomplishments of the famous artist, scientist, engineer, and inventor."--Amazon.com.
Leonardo da Vinci was an enormously talenter person living among many talented people, but still he stood out. He was an artist, inventor, engineer and scientist. He wanted to work miracles but he often met with failure. He was also athletic and extremely handsome and very charming, but was a loner and had no family of his own. He accomplished...
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