ARTISTS,WRITERS, THINKERS, DREAMERS

This cultural who's-who illuminates 50 famous figures, from Leonardo da Vinci to Coco Chanel, through the fascinating trivia of thei r lives. Artist James Gulliver Hancock depicts historical icons in quirky annotated portraits surrounded by their associated possess ions, baggage, and foibles. Hemingway's hobbies, Amelia Earhart's preferred dessert, Martin Luther King Jr.'s favorite TV showeach portrait reveals the ordinary quirks of these extraordinary people and captures their personalities in the process. An exquisitely i llustrated...[Read more]