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Real heroes : inspiring true stories of courage, character, and conviction

Summary: "What makes someone a hero? Despite what our culture typically celebrates, it's not fame, power, money, creative talent, athletic ability, or good looks. No, heroism springs from character, the critical element that defines a person. The good news is that character is something every one of us can mold; it is simply the sum of the choices we make as we face new challenges and opportunities. And here's even better news: this lively, accessible book gives you real, flesh-and-blood models of character, courage, and conviction--men and women you won't just admire but also can emulate."--Back cover.

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ISBN: 9781610171427 (pbk.)
ISBN: 161017142X (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xi, 279 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Wilmington, Delaware : ISI Books, [2016]

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Formatted Contents Note:

Cicero: enemy of the state, friend of liberty -- Cato the Younger: ambition in the service of principle -- Augustine: searching for truth and wisdom -- Anne Hutchinson: the spirit of religious liberty -- Adam Smith: ideas change the world -- Mercy Otis Warren: conscience of great causes -- Edmund Burke: eloquence and conviction -- Thomas Clarkson: a moral steam engine that never quit -- Fr©♭d©♭ric Bastiat: liberty's masterful storyteller -- Prudence Crandall: in defiance of racism -- Harriet Tubman: she never lost a passenger -- Black entrepreneurs: models too often forgotten -- Martha Coston, Hetty Green, and Madam C.J. Walker: female pioneers in American business -- William Ewart Gladstone: a decades-long defense of liberty -- George Eastman: genius of invention and enterprise -- Fanny Crosby: blind but not disabled -- Siegfried Sassoon: conscience on and off the battlefield -- Andrew Mellon: unleashing wealth creators -- J. Gresham Machen: god's forgotten libertarian -- Marie Curie: trailblazing scientist -- Prohibition's foes: still teaching lessons today -- Four justices: liberty's saving hands -- Katharine Atholl: a modern-day Cassandra -- Jesse Owens: "character makes the difference when it's close" -- Nicholas Winton: the humblest hero -- Witold Pilecki: bravery beyond measure -- Anne Frank: gratitude in adversity -- Althea Gibson: a winning attitude -- Ludwig Erhard: architect of a miracle -- Gail Halvorsen: the candy bomber -- Joe Louis: fighter on many fronts -- Peter Fechter: death at the wall -- Norval Morey: wealth creation through entrepreneurship -- Jerzy Popieluszko: witness to truth and freedom -- Roberto Clemente: "I learned the right way to live" -- John Patric: hobo, screwball, and hero -- Haing©Łs. Ngor: "to give of your soul" -- Vivien Kellems: "please indict me!" -- Homeschoolers: it's for the children! -- Larry Cooper: never too late for character -- Epilogue.