Best Friends: The Ordinary Relationships of Extraordinary People

Best Friends: The Ordinary Relationships of Extraordinary People
ISBN-10
1888952717
ISBN-13
9781888952711
Series
Best Friends
Category
Family & Relationships
Pages
189
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
Cumberland House
Authors
George Grant, Karen Grant

Description

This companion volume to "Letters Home" takes a creative look at 20 friendships that have strongly affected the course of western civilization. Chapters are included about the friendships of such notables as Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, Benjamin Franklin and George Whitefield, Abraham Lincoln and Alexander Stephens, Charlotte Bronte and Elizabeth Baskel, aand Winston Churchill and Clementine Churchill.

Other editions

  • Best Friends
    • 2019-08-27
    • 256 pages
    • Ebook
    • First Second
  • Best Friends
    • 2018-04-19
    • 288 pages
    • Paperback
    • Lulu.com
  • Best Friends
    • 2018-01-03
    • 36 pages
    • Paperback
    • Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Best Friends
    • 2017-09-05
    • 32 pages
    • Ebook
    • Random House Books for Young Readers

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