Download or read book 20th Century Heroes written by American Opinion Publishing, Inc and published by . This book was released on 2000-10-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book American Heroes of the 20th Century written by Harold Faber and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1967 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographies of twenty Americans whose contributions to the modern world range from polar exploration and civil rights to war correspondence and photography.
Download or read book American Heroes of the 20th Century written by D. Faber and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Heroes and Victims written by Maria Bucur and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-20 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cultural politics of commemorating war.
Download or read book Time 100 written by Time Books (Firm) and published by Time Life Medical. This book was released on 2000 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents Time magazine's initial reports and photographs of the most influential people of the 20th century.
Download or read book People of the Century written by CBS News and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The one hundred most influential people of the twentieth century, as selected by the editors of Time magazine and featured in a series of documentaries produced by CBS.
Download or read book Imagine written by Gina Misiroglu and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 20th century has seen dozens of milestones, changing the face of America. In 50 photos and tantalizing text, celebrate the thinkers, revolutionaries, artists, and scientists who led the way.
Download or read book A Dictionary of Medieval Heroes written by Willem Pieter Gerritsen and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1998 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The different cultures from which the middle ages drew its inspiration are represented: Cu Cuchulainn from the Celtic world, Apollonius of Tyre from Greek romance, Attila the Hun and Theodoric the Ostrogoth from the struggle of the Roman empire against the Barbarians. Each entry gives an outline of the story, how it spread through Europe, its modern retelling and appearances in art, and a selective bibliography."--Jacket.
Download or read book The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century written by Peter Dreier and published by Nation Books. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hundred years ago, any soapbox orator who called for women's suffrage, laws protecting the environment, an end to lynching, or a federal minimum wage was considered a utopian dreamer or a dangerous socialist. Now we take these ideas for granted— because the radical ideas of one generation are often the common sense of the next. We all stand on the shoulders of earlier generations of radicals and reformers who challenged the status quo of their day. Unfortunately, most Americans know little of this progressive history. It isn't taught in most high schools. You can't find it on the major television networks. In popular media, the most persistent interpreter of America's radical past is Glenn Beck, who teaches viewers a wildly inaccurate history of unions, civil rights, and the American Left. The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century, a colorful and witty history of the most influential progressive leaders of the twentieth century and beyond, is the perfect antidote.
Download or read book Heroes of the 20th Century written by Powerkids Press and published by . This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Eddie Rickenbacker written by W. David Lewis and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2005-12-08 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Lewis has written the definitive biography of America's ace of aces.
Download or read book Those who Died Young written by Marianne Sinclair and published by Plexus Pub. This book was released on 1979 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death gave a new awareness of these stars, a new vision of how they had really been or now seemed to have been. The hindsight of death gives new meaning to old responses, irremediable altering our emotional reaction to these heroes as well as our appraisal of them. It is this curios phenomenon which the author has explored in this book.
Download or read book Forgotten Heroes written by Susan Ware and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-07-13 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pages of the past are full of characters who remind us that history depends upon the great deeds of men and women, whether famous or humble. Where would America be without George Washington, or Daniel Boone, or Sojourner Truth, or Babe Ruth? Where would we be without so many characters who are less well remembered today? 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 Taken together, however, the whole is much more than the sum of its parts. Every culture needs heroes who lead by example and uplift us all in the process. Too often lately, historians have been more intent on picking apart the reputations of previously revered Americans. At times it has seemed as if the academy were on the attack against much of its own culture, denying its past greatness while making heroes only of its dissidents and doubters. Yet as this collection vividly demonstrates, heroes come in many shapes and sizes, and we all gain when we remember and celebrate them. 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. Many of them were heroes of conscience -- men and women who insisted on doing the right thing, no matter how unpopular or risky, commanding respect even from those who disagreed. Some were famous in their day and have since been forgotten, or remembered only in caricature. Others were little-known even when alive -- yet they all deserve to be remembered today, especially at the gifted hands of the authors of this book.
Download or read book 20th Century American Heroes written by Shirley Cook and published by Incentive Publications. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Black Heroes of the 20th Century written by Jessie Carney Smith and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles 150 African-Americans who have made a lasting and profound impact on the American culture in the twentieth century.
Download or read book Unsung Heroes written by Erik Durschmied and published by Coronet. This book was released on 2004-05 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Erik Durschmied turns his acute eye for detail to those who have shaped history -- yet their names are not known to most of us. They are the 'unsung heroes'.
