Ordinary Heroes: The World Knows Little of Its Greatest Heroes
- ISBN-10
- 0768325706
- ISBN-13
- 9780768325706
- Series
- Ordinary Heroes
- Category
- Conduct of life
- Pages
- 124
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-04
- Publisher
- Cedco Publishing Company
- Authors
- Flavia Weedn, Lisa Weedn
Description
The teacher with infinite patience, the caregiver with compassion, the friend with the ready ear, the mother with the hard-won wisdom--these are among the ordinary heroes honored in this beautiful new coffee table book.
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