This work entails a second series of thrilling tales of boys who made good. Mr. Archer assembled the stories of boys who have accomplished miracles of achievement. The glory of the thing is greater because of the handicap that dogged them through their career. The handicaps were of many kinds, physical, social, economic, intellectual, all lying across the pathway of success. Found within are biographical sketches on: Charles Steinmetz; Arthur Kavanagh; John Flaxman; Robert Louis Stevenson; Beethoven; Michael Pupin; Jean ...
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This work entails a second series of thrilling tales of boys who made good. Mr. Archer assembled the stories of boys who have accomplished miracles of achievement. The glory of the thing is greater because of the handicap that dogged them through their career. The handicaps were of many kinds, physical, social, economic, intellectual, all lying across the pathway of success. Found within are biographical sketches on: Charles Steinmetz; Arthur Kavanagh; John Flaxman; Robert Louis Stevenson; Beethoven; Michael Pupin; Jean Lemoidant; Michael Faraday; Thomas Alva Edison; John Davey; Ivan Mestrovic; Jacob Kindleberger; Aaron Drucker; Harry Burleigh; and Benjamin West.
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