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A.P.J. Abdul Kalam: The Complete Life of the Newspaper Boy Who Became India's Missile Man and People's President

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam: The Complete Life of the Newspaper Boy Who Became India's Missile Man and People's President

He sold newspapers before dawn, his sister mortgaged her gold to pay his college fees, and the one dream he built his youth around — to fly fighter jets — was denied by a single place on a list. Yet Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam built India's rockets and missiles, helped make it a nuclear power, became its most loved President, and died teaching students. This is his life in full, told slowly and completely, with the lessons hidden inside every turn.

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