Kristin F. Johnson
Kristin F. Johnson
Kristin F. Johnson

The Endurance Expedition

Ho Chi Minh North Vietnamese President by Kristin F. Johnson

writ­ten by Kristin F. John­son
Abdo Group, 2011

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North Vietnamese President

This title exam­ines the remark­able life of Ho Chi Minh. Read­ers will learn about Ho’s fam­i­ly back­ground, child­hood, edu­ca­tion, and rev­o­lu­tion­ary work as a vision­ary com­mu­nist leader and first pres­i­dent of Viet­nam. Col­or and black & white pho­tos and infor­ma­tive side­bars accom­pa­ny easy-to-read, com­pelling text. Fea­tures include a table of con­tents, time­line, facts, addi­tion­al resources, Web sites, a glos­sary, a bib­li­og­ra­phy, and an index.

Reviews

“Open­ing with his 1945 speech declar­ing Vietnam’s free­dom and nam­ing him­self pres­i­dent, this biog­ra­phy con­tin­ues with a brief sum­ma­ry of Ho Chi Minh’s accom­plish­ments. John­son then goes back to his child­hood and moves through his life chrono­log­i­cal­ly. Sev­er­al poten­tial­ly con­fus­ing points, such as Ho’s fre­quent name changes, are clear­ly explained. Large archival pho­tographs illus­trate the text. Fre­quent side­bars offer greater detail and give back­ground infor­ma­tion on the pol­i­tics and cul­ture of Ho’s home­land.” (Essen­tial Lives, reviewed by School Library Journal)