Rating: Not rated
Tags: Biography & Autobiography, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Humor, General, Lang:en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: October 12, 2009
Added: September 5, 2019
Modified: September 7, 2019
Summary
Sigit Purwadi's
Library - From Santa Claus to Buffy the
Vampire Slayer, from Uncle Sam to Uncle Tom, here is a
compelling, eye-opening, and endlessly entertaining compendium
of fictional trendsetters and world-shakers who have helped
shape our culture and our lives. The 101 Most Influential
People Who Never Lived offers fascinating histories of our most
beloved, hated, feared, and revered invented icons and the
indelible marks they made on civilization, including:# 28:
Rosie the Riveter, the buff, blue-collar factory worker who
helped jump-start the Women's Liberation movement# 7:
Siegfried, the legendary warrior-hero of Teutonic nationalism
responsible for propelling Germany into two world wars# 80:
Icarus, the headstrong high-flyer who inspired the Wright
brothers and humankind's dreams of defying gravity . . . while
demonstrating the pressing need for flight insurance# 58: Saint
Valentine, the hapless, de-canonized loser who lost his heart
and head at about the same time# 43: Barbie, the bodacious
plastic babe who became a role model for millions of little
girls, setting an impossible standard for beauty and style