Bolton gathers short biographies to show young readers that poverty is no bar to achievement. Her subjects range from the philanthropist George Peabody, the traveller Bayard Taylor and the bridge-builder James B. Eads to James Watt, the potter Palissy, the sculptor Thorvaldsen, Mozart, Samuel Johnson and Garibaldi in old age on Caprera.
Encouraging Victorian life-stories for young readers in search of inspiration. Download the free EPUB.