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Chris Evert
Al Gore
Chief Joseph
Abraham Lincoln
Thurgood Marshall
Edward R. Murrow
Colin Powell

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American Heroes

Editors: The Editors of Salem Press
ISBN: 978-1-58765-457-2
List Price: $217

August 2008 · 3 volumes · 1,078 pages · 6"x9"

American Heroes
Contents by Category

Agriculture
George Washington Carver

Astronomy
Benjamin Banneker

Aviation and Space Exploration
Neil Armstrong
Richard Byrd
Bessie Coleman
Jimmy Doolittle
Amelia Earhart
John Glenn
Charles A. Lindbergh
Shannon W. Lucid
Sally Ride
Alan Shepard
Orville and Wilbur Wright
Chuck Yeager

Biology
Rachel Carson
Jonas Salk

Botany
George Washington Carver

Business
Neil Armstrong
Walt Disney
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
John D. Rockefeller

Civil Rights
Ralph Abernathy
Mary Mcleod Bethune
John Brown
Carrie Chapman Catt
César Chávez
Frederick Douglass
W. E. B. Du Bois
William Lloyd Garrison
Marcus Garvey
Fannie Lou Hamer
Jesse Jackson
Robert F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Abraham Lincoln
Malcolm X
Thurgood Marshall
Rosa Parks
Alice Paul
A. Philip Randolph
Paul Robeson
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Nat Turner
Booker T. Washington
Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Computer Science
Bill Gates
Grace Murray Hopper
Steve Jobs

Consumer Rights
Ralph Nader

Diplomacy
John Adams
Ralph Bunche
Benjamin Franklin
Cordell Hull
John F. Kennedy
George C. Marshall
Colin Powell
Paul Robeson
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Adlai E. Stevenson

Education
Abigail Adams
Mary Mcleod Bethune
Olympia Brown
Frances Xavier Cabrini
George Washington Carver
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Bill Cosby
W. E. B. Du Bois
Marian Wright Edelman
Samuel Gridley Howe
Helen Keller
Juliette Gordon Low
Anne Sullivan
Booker T. Washington

Engineering
Orville and Wilbur Wright

Environmentalism
Rachel Carson
Al Gore
John Muir
Ralph Nader
Theodore Roosevelt

Evangelism
Frances Xavier Cabrini
William Lloyd Garrison
Billy Graham

Exploration
Robert D. Ballard
Daniel Boone
Richard Byrd
David Crockett
John C. Frémont
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
John Muir
Robert Edwin Peary
Sacagawea
Junípero Serra

Filmmaking
Walt Disney
Katharine Hepburn
Bob Hope
Paul Robeson
James Stewart
John Wayne
Oprah Winfrey

Government and Politics
John Adams
Samuel Adams
Shirley Chisholm
Hillary Rodham Clinton
David Crockett
Eugene V. Debs
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Benjamin Franklin
Emma Goldman
Al Gore
Patrick Henry
Oveta Culp Hobby
Sam Houston
Cordell Hull
Andrew Jackson
Jesse Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
Barbara Jordan
Kamehameha I
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert M. La Follette
Liliuokalani
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Cabot Lodge
Huey Long
Dolley Madison
James Madison
Golda Meir
Ralph Nader
Barak Obama
Thomas Paine
Colin Powell
Jeannette Rankin
Paul Revere
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Margaret Chase Smith
Adlai E. Stevenson
Zachary Taylor
Norman Thomas
George Washington

Invention and Technology
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Alva Edison
Benjamin Franklin
Bill Gates
Thomas Jefferson
Steve Jobs

Journalism
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Walter Cronkite
Dorothy Day
Frederick Douglass
Mary Baker Eddy
William Lloyd Garrison
Marcus Garvey
Oveta Culp Hobby
Edward R. Murrow
Ida Tarbell
Booker T. Washington
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Oprah Winfrey

Labor Movement
César Chávez
Eugene V. Debs
Aileen Clarke Hernandez
Dolores Huerta
Mother Jones
John L. Lewis
A. Philip Randolph

Law and Jurisprudence
Louis D. Brandeis
William J. Brennan
Clarence Darrow
William O. Douglas
Learned Hand
Patrick Henry
Wild Bill Hickok
Charles Evans Hughes
Robert F. Kennedy
Belva A. Lockwood
John Marshall
Thurgood Marshall
Sandra Day O'Connor
Earl Warren

Literature
Abigail Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Ernest Hemingway
Elie Wiesel

Mathematics
Benjamin Banneker
Albert Einstein
Grace Murray Hopper

Medicine
William Crawford Gorgas
Walter Reed
Jonas Salk

Mental Health
Dorothea Dix
Betty Ford

Military
Omar Nelson Bradley
David Crockett
Stephen Decatur
Jimmy Doolittle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John C. Frémont
Nathanael Greene
Mary A. Hallaren
William F. Halsey
Oveta Culp Hobby
Grace Murray Hopper
Sam Houston
Andrew Jackson
Stonewall Jackson
John Paul Jones
Robert E. Lee
Charles A. Lindbergh
Douglas MacArthur
George C. Marshall
Chester W. Nimitz
George S. Patton
John J. Pershing
Colin Powell
Theodore Roosevelt
William Tecumseh Sherman
Zachary Taylor
George Washington

Native American Affairs
Black Hawk
Joseph Brant
Crazy Horse
Geronimo
Chief Joseph
Kamehameha I
Liliuokalani
Wilma Mankiller
Osceola
Red Cloud
John Ross
Sitting Bull
Tecumseh

Nursing
Clara Barton

Oratory
Ralph Abernathy
Frederick Douglass
Marcus Garvey
Billy Graham
Patrick Henry
Jesse Jackson
Mother Jones
Barbara Jordan
Abraham Lincoln
Malcolm X
Paul Robeson
Sojourner Truth

Philanthropy
Bill Gates
Billy Graham
Bob Hope
Samuel Gridley Howe
Helen Keller
John D. Rockefeller
Booker T. Washington
Oprah Winfrey
Tiger Woods

Philosophy
Thomas Merton
Thomas Paine

Physics
Albert Einstein
Grace Murray Hopper
Sally Ride

Public Health
Clara Barton
Betty Ford
William Crawford Gorgas
Oveta Culp Hobby
Walter Reed
Jonas Salk
Margaret Sanger

Religion and Theology
Ralph Abernathy
Frances Xavier Cabrini
Dorothy Day
Mary Baker Eddy
Louis Farrakhan
Billy Graham
Barbara Harris
Malcolm X
Thomas Merton
John R. Mott
Junípero Serra
Elie Wiesel

Social Reform
Ralph Abernathy
Abigail Adams
Jane Addams
Benjamin Banneker
Mary Mcleod Bethune
Louis D. Brandeis
John Brown
Olympia Brown
Frances Xavier Cabrini
George Washington Carver
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Carrie Chapman Catt
César Chávez
Bill Cosby
Dorothy Day
Eugene V. Debs
Dorothea Dix
Frederick Douglass
W. E. B. Du Bois
Marian Wright Edelman
Albert Einstein
Louis Farrakhan
William Lloyd Garrison
Marcus Garvey
Emma Goldman
Billy Graham
Fannie Lou Hamer
Barbara Harris
Aileen Clarke Hernandez
Samuel Gridley Howe
Samuel Gridley Howe
Jesse Jackson
Mother Jones
Helen Keller
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Carry Nation
Paul Robeson
Margaret Sanger
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Ida Tarbell
Norman Thomas
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Nat Turner
Booker T. Washington
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Elie Wiesel
Oprah Winfrey

Sports
Hank Aaron
Muhammad Ali
Wilt Chamberlain
Ty Cobb
Jack Dempsey
Joe DiMaggio
Chris Evert
Lou Gehrig
Althea Gibson
Wayne Gretzky
Bobby Jones
Michael Jordan
Billie Jean King
Joe Louis
Rocky Marciano
Martina Navratilova
Jack Nicklaus
Jesse Owens
Sally Ride
Paul Robeson
Jackie Robinson
Knute Rockne
Bill Russell
Babe Ruth
Pete Sampras
Jim Thorpe
Hazel Wightman
Tiger Woods
Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Telecommunications
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Alva Edison
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs

Theater and Entertainment
Bill Cosby
Walt Disney
Katharine Hepburn
Bob Hope
Paul Robeson
James Stewart
John Wayne
Oprah Winfrey

Women's Rights
Abigail Adams
Susan B. Anthony
Olympia Brown
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Carrie Chapman Catt
Amelia Earhart
Betty Ford
Betty Friedan
Emma Goldman
Mary A. Hallaren
Barbara Harris
Katharine Hepburn
Aileen Clarke Hernandez
Oveta Culp Hobby
Belva A. Lockwood
Wilma Mankiller
Alice Paul
Eleanor Roosevelt
Margaret Sanger
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Ida B. Wells-Barnett


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