The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights MovementNew · Nonfiction, History, Biography
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
2024 · 307 pages · Nonfiction
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★ 4.36 on Goodreads · 45K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2024). 4.36★ from 45K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
57Must-Read Score
- Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
- Readers77 out of 100 · counts 50%+44
- Buzz51 out of 100 · counts 15%+9
Where it ranks
- #51 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #81 of the 220 history books we rank
- #111 of the 730 new books we rank
- #339 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2024)
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