Interesting People

Informationen zum Autor The late George L. Lee was the author of several books. His works of art as well as his other published works, were originally run in a variety of newspapers. Klappentext Cameo biographies along with Lee's famous pen-and-ink portraits make this book an inviting and inspiring browser for students as well as a useful reference to teachers, writers, librarians, black community leaders and the general reader. Both major achievements and little-known interesting facts are given on over 200 Americans. The coverage is broad: past and present leaders, performers, musicians and sports greats, scientists, writers and military men and women. The material is drawn from a newspaper feature which the author created in 1945. The feature continued until 1986 and has appeared in most of the major black newspapers in the United States. Zusammenfassung Cameo biographies along with Lee's famous pen-and-ink portraits make this an inviting and inspiring browser for students and a useful reference to teachers! writers! librarians! and black community leaders.

Klappentext

Cameo biographies along with Lee's famous pen-and-ink portraits make this book an inviting and inspiring browser for students as well as a useful reference to teachers, writers, librarians, black community leaders and the general reader. Both major achievements and little-known interesting facts are given on over 200 Americans. The coverage is broad: past and present leaders, performers, musicians and sports greats, scientists, writers and military men and women. The material is drawn from a newspaper feature which the author created in 1945. The feature continued until 1986 and has appeared in most of the major black newspapers in the United States.

Zusammenfassung
Cameo biographies along with Lee's famous pen-and-ink portraits make this an inviting and inspiring browser for students and a useful reference to teachers, writers, librarians, and black community leaders.