Secret Heroes e-bog

Secret Heroes is a remarkable compendium by Paul Martin, former Executive Editor of National Geographic Traveler, that illuminates the lives of thirty forgotten American heroes. Gathering together remarkable stories about unknown champions, explorers, inventors, and innovators who never made the pages of American history textbooksnot George Washington, but the tailor who saved his lifetwice; the first African-American combat pilot; the 62-year-old female muckraking journalist who refused to turn her back on injusticeSecret Heroes is just the sort of fascinating and fun popular history that readers love, not unlike Kenneth C. Daviss bestselling Dont Know Much About series and Rick Beyers The Greatest Stories Never Told.