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128 pp.
| Enslow |
October, 2000 |
LibraryISBN 0-7660-1380-4$$20.95
(4)
YACollective Biographies series.
Each volume profiles ten notable figures, some famous (Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesse Jackson, Judy Blume) and some less well known, such as activist Fannie Lou Hamer and author Bharati Mukherjee. The rushed entries, accompanied by standard black-and-white photographs, are too glib for the subjects' personalities to emerge, though the profiles may serve as good starting points for report writers. Bib., ind.