American Heroes (Direct Mail Edition)

by Delano, Marfe Ferguson; Delano, Marfe

• ISBN13: 9780792272083
• ISBN10: 0792272080
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-11
• Publisher: National Geographic Kids

Summary

American Heroesis an anthology of 50 biographical portraits of key American figurespeople whose heroism has in some way shaped American society. This group of great Americans was not famous or successful merely by the standards of their own time. Something about their achievements, whether familiar or not, transcends their time to make their greatness resonate throughout history. These American heroes, either as household names or through contributions that we recognize even though the contributors are not as well known, have become woven into the fabric of American history. Their achievements are diverse, but we recognize their spirit as uniquely American.

Author Biography

Marfé Ferguson Delano is the author of 12 books for National Geographic, including a James Madison Award Honor Book. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia.

Table of Contents

``What Is an American Hero?'' An Introduction	6	(6)
Robert D. Johnston
A New World from Many Old Worlds
Beginnings--1763	12	(8)
Pocahontas	14	(2)
William Penn	16	(2)
Anne Hutchinson	18	(2)
A Revolutionary Age
1763--1789	20	(18)
Benjamin Franklin	22	(6)
Thomas Paine	28	(4)
George Washington	32	(4)
Abigail Adams	36	(2)
The New Republic
1789--1848	38	(18)
George Mason	40	(4)
Lewis and Clark	44	(6)
Sacagawea	50	(2)
Tecumseh	52	(2)
John Chapman	54	(2)
A New Birth of Freedom
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848--1877	56	(26)
Sojourner Truth	58	(2)
Harriet Tubman	60	(4)
Abraham Lincoln	64	(4)
Clara Barton	68	(2)
Mary Edwards Walker	70	(2)
Frederick Douglass	72	(4)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony	76	(6)
Industry and Empire
1876--1900	82	(22)
Sitting Bull	84	(4)
Chief Joseph	88	(2)
Andrew Carnegie	90	(4)
Queen Lili'uokalani	94	(2)
Alexander Graham Bell	96	(6)
George Washington Carver	102	(2)
Progressivism and the New Deal
1900--1941	104	(34)
Wright Brothers	106	(4)
Theodore Roosevelt	110	(2)
Jane Addams	112	(2)
Matthew Henson	114	(2)
W.E.B. Du Bois	116	(2)
Mary McLeod Bethune	118	(2)
Helen Keller	120	(4)
Alice Paul	124	(2)
Charles Lindbergh	126	(4)
Amelia Earhart	130	(4)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt	134	(4)
War, Prosperity, and Social Change
1941--Present	138	(50)
Albert Einstein	140	(4)
Eleanor Roosevelt	144	(6)
Margaret Mead	150	(2)
Rachel Carson	152	(2)
Thurgood Marshall	154	(4)
Rosa Parks	158	(2)
Jonas Salk	160	(2)
Jackie Robinson	162	(4)
John Glenn	166	(2)
Malcolm X	168	(4)
Martin Luther King, Jr.	172	(6)
Roberto Clemente	178	(2)
Cesar Chavez	180	(4)
Daniel K. Inouye	184	(2)
Heroes of Today: Inspiring Individuals	186	(2)
Index	188	(2)
Quote Sources	190	(1)
Resource Guide and Credits	191