CONTENTS A Tribute Introduction.7 JANE ADDAMS SUSAN B. ANTHONY CLARA BARTON MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELIZABETH BLACKWELL RACHEL CARSON JIMMY CARTER GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER 24 CESAR CHAVEZ AND DOLORES HUERTA ROBERTO CLEMENTE WALT DISNEY 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 26 28 30 DOROTHEA DIX 32 FREDERICK DOUGLASS 34 MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN 36 THOMAS ALVA EDISON 38 ALBERT EINSTEIN 40 DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER 42 ANTHONY FAUCI 44 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN RUTH BADER GINSBURG JOHN GLENN AMANDA GORMAN KAMALA HARRIS JOHN HERRINGTON MILTON HERSHEY TEAM HOYT LANGSTON HUGHES THOMAS JEFFERSON KATHERINE JOHNSON HELEN KELLER AND ANNE SULLIVAN 46 48 50 MERIWETHER LEWIS WILLIAM CLARK AND SACAGAWEA 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 THE REVEREND DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR 70 72
ABRAHAM LINCOLN YO YO MA GEORGE C. MARSHALL JOHN MUIR BARACK OBAMA SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR JESSE OWENS ROSA PARKS DOLLY PARTON WALTER PAYTON I. M. PEI RONALD WILSON REAGAN 96 JACKIE ROBINSON AND BRANCH RICKEY 98 FRED ROGERS 100 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT 102 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT 104 THEODORE ROOSEVELT 106 JONAS SALK 108 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 ALEXANDRA ALEX SCOTT 110 TECUMSEH 112 HARRY S. TRUMAN 114 HARRIET TUBMAN 116 MADAM C. J. WALKER 118 GEORGE WASHINGTON 120 ELIE WIESEL OPRAH WINFREY WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT LOUIS ZAMPERINI Hero Hunt Even More American Heroes 130 Power Words Sources Index Answers to Hero Hunt Photo Acknowledgments 122 124 About the Authors 126 128 134 137 139 142 143 144