Classic American Hero Stories

If a hero goes unrecognized, can he still truly be a hero? If a hero goes to her grave, and her mighty deeds go unrecalled by future generations, is she also still a hero? Everyone has their own definition of what a hero is, but the classic heroes are the ones we remember and still tell stories about. Classic American Hero Stories is an anthology of sixteen tales of American heroism-based upon the lives or deeds of timeless American greats, including George Washington, Harriet Tubman, Buffalo Bill, and Charles Lindbergh, to name a few. Each legendary person paved a way through American history, whether they managed to keep the peace between the English settlers and the Indians before dying a hero''s death at The Alamo, like Davy Crockett; were great leaders who stood up to the United States government and conquered General George Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn, as Chief Sitting Bull did; or tended to wounded soldiers in the Civil War, which led to the founding of the American Red Cross, such as Clara Barton. People will always enjoy gossiping about celebrities in the movies and in the magazines, but those stars eventually fade out of the public consciousness; their stories are rarely remembered. The heroes in Classic American Hero Stories are recognized and remembered without all the glitz and glam. They shone brightly in the past for the way they chose to live their lives, and they''ll continue to shine far into the future.