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Cleopatra

Autor Jacob Abbott
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 noi 2011
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ISBN-13: 9783842443709
ISBN-10: 3842443706
Pagini: 160
Dimensiuni: 133 x 203 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: TREDITION CLASSICS

Notă biografică

Jacob Abbott (1803-1879) was an American author, educator, minister, and writer of history and moral instruction for young readers. Born in Hallowell, Maine, he graduated from Bowdoin College and later studied at Andover Theological Seminary. Abbott worked as a teacher and school administrator before turning increasingly to writing, where he became one of the most prolific and widely read American authors of the nineteenth century.Abbott wrote hundreds of books, many of them intended for children, students, and family reading. His works combined clear prose, orderly structure, moral reflection, and a strong sense of narrative, making history and biography accessible to readers who might otherwise find the subjects remote or difficult. He is especially remembered for the Rollo books and for his long series of biographies of famous historical figures, including rulers, military leaders, explorers, and reformers.His historical biographies were designed less as specialist scholarship than as readable introductions to major figures and periods. In books such as Alfred the Great, Darius the Great, Cyrus the Great, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, and Hannibal, Abbott helped shape the way nineteenth-century American readers encountered world history and biography. His works remain of interest to homeschoolers, classical education programs, collectors of traditional juvenile history, and readers who value straightforward narrative history.