Samuel Willard Crompton
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"War had a profound effect on Horace Pippin. Stationed in Europe during World War I, Pippin saw active combat as part of the Harlem Hellfighters regiment, a group of mostly African American soldiers. While he was serving bravely for a country that didn't yet fully recognize his civil rights, his right arm was injured by sniper fire--but he harbored far deeper wounds inflicted by the horrors of battle. He picked up a paintbrush as a way to treat his...
39) Cyrus the Great
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A biography of Cyrus the Great who was proclaimed the greatest leader of Persia in his era and, perhaps of all time.