Forgotten heroes
inspiring American portraits from our leading historians
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Author
Contributions
- Ware, Susan, 1950- - Contributor
Publication
1998 - Free Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
90,750 words, Guess
Page Count
363 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL363631M
- ISBN-100684843757
- OCLC Control Number39024840
- OCLC Control Numberforgottenheroesi00ware
- Library of Congress Control Number98023878
and 2 more
- LibraryThing212044
- Goodreads2808638
Classifications
- DDC920/.073
- LCCCT214 .F67 1998
Description
Historians and biographers regularly come across stories of little-known or forgotten heroes, and this book provides a chance to rescue some of the best of them. In Forgotten Heroes, thirty-five of the country's leading historians recount their favorite stories of underappreciated Americans. From Stephen Jay Gould on deaf baseball player Dummy Hoy; to William Leuchtenburg on the truth behind the legendary Johnny Appleseed; to Christine Stansell on Margaret Anderson, who published James Joyce's Ulysses; these portraits can be read equally for delight, instruction, and inspiration. Forgotten Heroes includes nearly as many women as men, and nearly as many people from before 1900 as after. It expands the traditional definition of hero to encompass not only military figures and politicians who took risks for great causes, but also educators, religious leaders, reformers, labor leaders, publishers, athletes, and even a man who started a record company.
Genres
- Biography.
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