Inside this book, you'll find stories of 50 extraordinary people such as:Evel Knievel, who jumped his motorcycle over 14 Greyhound buses The Iceman, the most well-preserved human, found in the ice after 5,300 years Sam Patch, who jumped Niagara Falls for $75 Helen Thayer, who walked to the North Pole alone Roy Sullivan, who was struck by lightning 7 times These intriguing facts and hundreds more await curious readers, amateur historians and anyone who aspires to the altogether extraordinary!

 

This book was recognised in the Nonfiction category by the Parents' Choice Award.

There are 112 pages in this book. This is a guide book. This book was published 2015 by Chronicle Books .

Michael Hearst is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and writer. Jelmer Nooreman, Arjen Noordeman and Christie Wright are designers and illustrators.