Life stories of 100 American heroes
By: by Joanne Mattern.
Series: Values in action
Publisher: KidsBooks
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 573
Subjects: Heroes -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Biography; Juvenile literature.
Other titles: Life stories of one hundred American heroes; 100 American heroes
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: A Library of Life's Lessons 11; title: Samuel Adams: American Patriot 12; title: Jane Addams: Making Life Better 17; title: Muhammad Ali: Outspoken Athlete 22; title: Ethan Allen: Soldier for Freedom 27; title: Susan B. Anthony: Pioneer of Women's Rights 32; title: Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon 38; title: Crispus Attucks: The Greatest Sacrifice 44; title: James Baldwin: Sharing the Black Experience 49; title: Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield 54; title: Daisy Bates: Civil-rights Activist 59; title: Jim Beckwourth: A Brave Mountain Man 65; title: Daniel Boone: American Trailblazer 71; title: James Bowie: Hero of the Frontier 77; title: Omar Bradley: Army Commander 81; title: John Brown: Fighting Against Slavery 86; title: Ralph Bunche: Working Toward Peace 91; title: Richard E. Byrd: Brave Explorer 96; title: Kit Carson: King of the Mountain Men 102; title: Rachel Carson: Protecting the Earth 107; title: John Chapman: Johnny Appleseed 113; title: Cesar Chavez: The Workers Friend 119; title: Crazy Horse: Native American Warrior 124; title: Davy Crockett: Hero of the Frontier 129; title: Benjamin O. Davis Jr: A Very Special Soldier 134; title: Thomas A. Dooley: The Jungle Doctor 140; title: Frederick Douglass: A Voice Against Slavery 146; title: Amelia Earhart: A Woman With Wings 152; title: Dwight D. Eisenhower: A Leader in War and Peace 159; title: David Farragut: Fearless Commander 165; title: Benjamin Franklin: A Man of Great Ideas 170; title: Varian Fry: A Forgotten Hero 176; title: Geronimo: Apache Warrior 182; title: John Glenn: First American to Orbit Earth 188; title: Ulysses S. Grant: Military Hero and President 194; title: Woody Guthrie: The Voice of America 200; title: Nathan Hale: Only One Life to Live 206; title: Fannie Lou Hamer: Fighting for Freedom 211; title: Alexander Hamilton: Shaping the Nation 217; title: Patrick Henry: "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!" 223; title: Wild Bill Hickok: Lawman of the Wild West 228; title: Sam Houston: A Leader for Independence 234; title: Anne Hutchinson: Champion of Religious Freedom 240; title: Andrew Jackson: President of the Common People 246; title: Thomas Jefferson: Creator of a Nation 251; title: John Paul Jones: "I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight!" 257; title: Mother Jones: "The Grandmother of Agitators" 263; title: Chief Joseph: "I Will Fight No More Forever" 268; title: John F. Kennedy: A Profile in Courage 274; title: Bob Kerrey: A Life of Public Service 280; title: Billie Jean King: Equality on the Tennis Court 285; title: Martin Luther King Jr: A Dream of Equality 290; title: Maggie Kuhn: Never Too Old 296; title: Robert E. Lee: Confederate General 302; title: John L. Lewis: Mining for Change 307; title: Meriwether Lewis & William Clark: Into the Unknown 313; title: Abraham Lincoln: Holding the Nation Together 323; title: Charles Lindbergh: Adventure in the Air 329; title: Douglas MacArthur: Never Surrender 335; title: Malcolm X: Freedom Can't Wait 341; title: Francis Marion: The Swamp Fox 347; title: John Marshall: A Legal Leader 352; title: Thurgood Marshall: Mr. Civil Rights 357; title: John McCain: Bravery Under Pressure 362; title: John Muir: Man of the Wilderness 368; title: Audie Murphy: Bravery in Battle 373; title: Thomas Paine: Inspiring a New Nation 378; title: Rosa Parks: A Quiet Hero 384; title: George S. Patton: "Old Blood and Guts" 389; title: Robert Peary & Matthew Henson: Arctic Explorers 395; title: William Penn: Free to Worship 404; title: Oliver Hazard Perry: "The Enemy Is Ours!" 410; title: John J. Pershing: General of the Armies 415; title: Molly Pitcher: Hero of the American Revolution 421; title: Pocahontas: Native American Legend 426; title: Ernie Pyle: War Correspondent 432; title: A. Philip Randolph: Labor Leader 438; title: Paul Revere: The Midnight Rider 444; title: Eddie Rickenbacker: Flying Ace 450; title: Sally Ride: First American Woman in Space 456; title: Matthew B. Ridgway: Army Chief 461; title: Jackie Robinson: Breaking Baseballs Color Barrier 466; title: Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World 472; title: Franklin D. Roosevelt: Four-term President 478; title: Theodore Roosevelt: Rough Rider President 484; title: Sacagawea: Guide to the West 490; title: Jonas Salk: Conqueror of Polio 496; title: Alan B. Shepard Jr. : First American in Space 502; title: Robert Smalls: An Unlikely Hero 508; title: Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Social Reformer 514; title: Anne Sullivan: Teacher and Friend 520; title: Tecumseh: Uniting the Tribes 526; title: Sojourner Truth: "Ain't I a Woman?" 532; title: Harriet Tubman: A Passage to Freedom 538; title: Mary Edwards Walker: Army Doctor 544; title: George Washington: Father of the United States 550; title: Roger Williams: A Home for Freedom 556; title: Chuck Yeager: Breaking the Sound Barrier 562; title: Alvin York: Patriotic Soldier 568.