To my wonderful family and friends all of whom have enriched my life D D To my mother whose courage and indomitable spirit live on L R Copyright 2017 by Dennis Denenberg and Lorraine Roscoe Thank you to the people who helped bring this book to fruition Byron Hollinshean Elizabeth McPike Dr Harold Robles All rights reserved International copyright secured No part of this book may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or ot the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group Inc except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review Thank you to the people who aided our research process Kevin Williams Diana and Don Durand Richard Yednock Susan Miller Charlie Welch Millbrook Press A division of Lerner Publishing Group Inc 241 First Avenue North Minnea polis MN 55401 USA For reading levels and more information look up this title at www lernerbooks com Stephan Williams Julianne Dickson ain body text set in Chaparral Pro Regular 12 15 Typeface provided by Adobe System Helene Guilfoy Jane Addams Hull House Association Stephen Miller DDS George C Marshall Foundation Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Helen Keller National Center HKNC for Deaf Blind Youth and Adults Tura Campanella Cook of the Jane Addams Peace Association Supreme Court of the United States Public Information Office The dedicated librarians at Millersville University s Ganser Library and the Lancaster County Library Names Denenberg Dennis 1947 aut athon Roscoe Lorraine 1955 author Title 50 American heroes every kid should meet by Dennis Denenberg and Lorraine Roscoe Other titles Fifty American heroes every kid should meet Description 2nd revised edition Minneapolis Millbrook Press 2016 Includes bibliographical references and index Identifiers LCCN 2016002721 print LCCN 2016003988 cbook ISBN 9781512411324 balk paper ISBN 9781512413281 pbalk paper ISBN 9781512413298 eb pd Subjects LCSH Heroes United States literature United States Biography Juvenile literature lassification LCCCT217 D46 2016 print LCCCT217 ebook DDC920 073d23 Thanks to Jason Redcay Jonathon Ober and Nate Martin for their help with the Vote for Your Hero contest Thanks to Michael G Roscoe and Allison and Bethany Roscoe for their continuing patience and support LC record available at http ccn loc gov 2016002721 Thank you also to teachers John Mohn Georgette Hackman Amy Evans and Dr Cole Reilly Man factured in the United States of America 1 39641 21284 3 18 2016 And a special thank you to Angie Post Speitel for crusading to include her hero Mary McLeod Bethune this book
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CONTENTS A Tribute 7 THOMAS ALVA EDISON 36 Introduction 8 ALBERT EINSTEIN 38 JANE ADDAMS 10 DWIGHT D EISENHOWER 40 SUSAN B ANTHONY 12 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 42 CLARA BARTON 14 BILL AND MELINDA GATES 44 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE 16 JOHN GLENN 46 ELIZABETH BLACKWELL 18 MILTON HERSHEY 48 RACHEL CARSON 20 TEAM HOYT 50 JIMMY CARTER 22 LANGSTON HUGHES 52 GEORGE WASHINGTON THOMAS JEFFERSON 54 CARVER 24 HELEN KELLER CESAR CHAVEZ AND ANNE SULLIVAN 56 AND DOLORES HUERTA 26 THE REVEREND DR MARTIN ROBERTO CLEMENTE 28 LUTHER KING JR 58 WALT DISNEY 30 MERIWETHER LEWIS WILLIAM CLARK DOROTHEA DIX 32 AND SACAGAWEA 60 FREDERICK DOUGLASS 34
ABRAHAM LINCOLN 62 ALEXANDRA ALEX SCOTT 92 Yo Yo MA 64 TECUMSEH 94 GEORGE C MARSHALL 66 HARRY S TRUMAN 96 JOHN MUIR 68 HARRIET TUBMAN 98 BARACK OBAMA 70 GEORGE WASHINGTON 100 SANDRA DAY O CONNOR 72 ELIE WIESEL 102 JESSE OWENS 74 OPRAH WINFREY 104 ROSA PARKS 76 WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT 106 IL M PEI 78 LOUIS ZAMPERINI 108 RONALD WILSON REAGAN 80 Hero Hunt 110 JACKIE ROBINSON AND BRANCH RICKEY 82 Quotation sources 113 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT 84 Index 115 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT 86 Answers to Hero Hunt 118 THEODORE ROOSEVELT 88 Photo Acknowledgments 119 JONAS SALK 90 About the Authors 120
