Lightning Arrow

Author: A. de Jongh;
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: Hendrik Willem van Loon published over thirty books in his lifetime, single-handedly recounting almost all aspects of human history. It is truly admirable that he dared to challenge the boundless pursuit of knowledge with his limited life. Van Loon was not an obscure theorist, but he certainly had his own system and ideas. This book is divided into two parts: Thomas Jefferson and Simon Bolivar. The detailed content includes: Colonel Peter Jefferson's joyous birth of a son named Thomas, young Thomas taking on family responsibilities prematurely, Thomas Jefferson gradually engaging in local politics, Thomas Jefferson earning a name that will be remembered for generations, fifty years after the loss of a valuable life, and an afterword; the second part, Simon Bolivar, we set the stage for the story's protagonist, a curious and wealthy young man, the beginning of the fight for freedom, the glorious era, the danger of peace, and the setting sun.