Michael Hearst 
Extraordinary People 
A Semi-Comprehensive Guide to Some of the World’s Most Fascinating Individuals

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!

Sobre o autor

Michael Hearst is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and writer. He is the author of Unusual Creatures: A Mostly Accurate Account of Some of Earth’s Strangest Animals and is the founding member of the band One Ring Zero. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.