Seven men who began with their hands and ended famous: Thomas Telford the stonemason turned engineer, George Stephenson the engine-man, the sculptor John Gibson, William Herschel the bandsman astronomer, the painter Jean-François Millet, James Garfield the canal boy who became president, and Thomas Edward, the shoemaker naturalist of Banff. Allen tells each story briskly, from humble beginnings onward.
Encouraging Victorian life stories, well suited to young readers and anyone fond of self-made lives. Download the free EPUB.