Books in Eyewitness History Series series

Leonardo da Vinci defies categorization. He was an artist, scientist, mathematician, engineer, and more. He truly was a Renaissance man. This comprehensive volume presents the biography of a remarkable man using his own words and works. Readers will come to appreciate the genius of the inventor who devised early airplanes and helicopters more than 300 years before flying machines would be successfully developed! His paintings, sculptures, blueprints, notebooks, and other reminders of his legacy are well represented throughout this beautifully designed and well-researched book.

Cesar Chavez was one of the most influential labor leaders of the twentieth century. His story, from migrant field worker to champion of the voiceless, is a fascinating one that resonates today. Readers will be able to learn about the man Robert F. Kennedy called one of the heroic figures of our time through this account which interweaves Chavezs own words throughout the biographical text. Historic photographs bring the man to life, while sidebars and fact boxes offer more background information on his important work.

Malcolm X, the famous African American activist, remains a figure of controversy years after his assassination in 1965. This book uses the embattled leader's own words to explore his life, from the early death of his father to his own untimely death. It also examines Malcolm's teachings, which at times countered the civil rights movement of Martin Luther King Jr. This biography uses primary sources to reveal a period of great turbulence and social discontent in the United States.