LEADER 02271nam 2200361Ka 450 001 9910163444403321 005 20240912104327.1 010 $a1-61230-750-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000001047167 035 $a(ODN)ODN0001555424 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001047167 100 $a20140401d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aChurchill /$fJacob Bannister 205 $a1. 210 $aNewbury $cNew Word City, LLC$d2014 215 $a1 online resource 300 $aTitle from eBook information screen.. 330 $aWinston Churchill possessed an iron will and a subtle conscience. His staunch patriotism, tenacity, appetite for a fight, and, above all, his towering rhetoric inspired the British people to mount a gallant defense of their island nation. Having set a new bar for national heroism, he earned a place in the pantheon of the world's greatest leaders. Churchill, a fearless soldier, was a veteran of countless battles and a rider in one of Britain's last cavalry charges. He was also a gifted writer, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, whose war reporting made his name and whose books outlived him. A bon vivant who loved his brandy and cigars, he was also a devoted husband whose marriage was a lifelong love affair. By any measure, Churchill was a giant. But the man was far from perfect. He was a hero, yes, but a human one. He could be petty, irascible, and self-centered; it was bred in his bone that white Englishmen were born to lead the world and all others to be led. His mistakes cost billions of dollars and thousands of lives, but he had courage and a born politician's sense of the public stage. In the end, Churchill became a regal figure whose life came to symbolize defiance of tyranny in the face of impossible odds. Here is his story. 606 $aYoung Adult Nonfiction$2OverDrive 606 $aBiography & Autobiography$2OverDrive 615 17$aYoung Adult Nonfiction. 615 7$aBiography & Autobiography. 686 $aYAN006000$2bisacsh 700 $aBannister$b Jacob$01775126 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910163444403321 996 $aChurchill$94289397 997 $aUNINA