What makes someone extraordinary? Inside this book, you'll find stories of extraordinary people like: Evel Knievel: who jumped his motorcycle over 14 Greyhound busses; The Iceman: the most well-preserved human, found in the ice after 5,300 years; Sam Patch: who jumped Niagara Falls for $75; Helen Thayer: who walked to the North Pole alone; Roy Sullivan: who was struck by lightning seven times; and Larry Walters: who used 40 helium balloons and a lawn chair to carry himself into the sky. These fascinating facts and hundreds more await curious readers, amateur historians, and anyone who has ever thought about doing something weird.

Author Biography

Michael Hearst is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and writer. He is a founding member of the band One Ring Zero, whose albums include Planets and As Smart As We Are, and his solo works include Songs for Ice Cream Trucks and Songs for Unusual Creatures. He is the author of the successful Unusual Creatures: A Mostly Accurate Account of Some of Earth's Strangest Animals. Aaron Scamihorn is an illustrator, designer and screen printer. He operates his business under the name Ronlewhorn Industries. With a passion for digital portraiture mixed with a love affair with typography and serigraphy, he has created screen printed gig posters for the likes of CAKE, Queens of the Stone Age, Arctic Monkeys and the Dropkick Murphys. His work has been featured in magazines such as Usbek et Rica and Carne Mag as well as the unique honor of a feature in Communication Arts Illustration Annual 2013.