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Amazing Tales for Making Men Out of Boys
 
 
Author
Neil Oliver.
Publisher Morrow  
Format laminated cover
Product Dimensions 9.5 x 6.75 x 1 inches
ISBN 9780061766138
Pages/Publication Date 364/2009
Daedalus Item Code 12002
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Tales of brave and selfless deeds used to be part of every boy's education—stories shared with fathers, uncles, and grandfathers of how other men had lived their lives, met their challenges, reached their goals, and faced their deaths. Becoming a man was about comradeship and standing by your friends whatever the circumstances. This collection of stirring accounts for all ages by British archaeologist and television presenter Neil Oliver is packed with such classic stories of courage and heroism as the Charge of the Light Brigade, the Battle of Isandlwana, the Penlee Lifeboat Disaster, the Flight of Apollo XIII, the Siege of the Alamo, the Flight of the Nez Perce, and the Battle of Trafalgar.

"Oliver is a wonderful storyteller. This is a book told from the heart with both a passion and breathless awe for the deeds recounted that leaps from every page. Sumptuously illustrated, beautifully told, and in turns both moving and inspiring, it is a joy from start to finish. I defy any reader, whether they be aged nine or ninety, not to walk with a slightly straighter back after putting down these amazing tales."—Sunday Telegraph (London)

 
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