John B. Severance, Author Clarion Books $18 (192p) ISBN 978-0-395-84513-4
Severance's (Gandhi: Great Soul) ambitious portrait of America's third president chronicles Jefferson's life and career from his early education through his positions as author of the Declaration of Independence, governor of Virginia, ambassador to...
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John B. Severance, Author Clarion Books $19 (144p) ISBN 978-0-395-69853-2
In his first book for young readers, former high school teacher Severance uses simple, eloquent prose to limn Churchill and his times, offering edifying explanations of major events of 20th-century world history as well as of such arcane subjects as
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John B. Severance, Author Clarion Books $19 (144p) ISBN 978-0-395-77179-2
Severance's (Winston Churchill: Soldier, Statesman, Artist) thorough biography is a gold mine for middle schoolers researching Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1947) or India's struggle to win independence from British rule. Not only does Severance follow...
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John B. Severance, Author Clarion Books $18 (144p) ISBN 978-0-395-93100-4
Severance, whose previous biographies focused on men of social and political action (Gandhi; Thomas Jefferson), here does a commendable job of conveying both the complicated ideas that revolutionized the study of physics and the life of the thinker...
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