Forgotten Heroes: Inspiring American Portraits From Our Leading Historians, by Ware, Susan, Editor
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Forgotten Heroes: Inspiring American Portraits From Our Leading Historians, by Ware, Susan, Editor. Free Press: New York, 1998. Edition: Presumed Book Club, due to no price on jacket.. ISBN: 0684843757. Hardcover, 363 pages. Quarter bound in red over black paper-covered boards; gilt lettering on spine.

Condition: Book: Near Fine. Spine ends bumped, otherwise clean and tight. Jacket: Near Fine. Tiniest bit of wear at spine ends.

Contents: Preface by David McCullough. A Society of American Historians Book.

From the jacket

Historians and biographers regularly come across stories of little-known or forgotten heroes, and this book provides a chance to rescue some of the best of them. In FORGOTTEN HEROES, thirty-five of the country's leading historians recount their favorite stories of underappreciated Americans. From Stephen jay Gould on deaf baseball player Dummy Hoy; to William Leuchtenburg on the truth behind the legendary Johnny Appleseed; to Cristine Stansell on Margaret Anderson, who published James Joyce's ULYSSES; these portraits can be read equally for delight, instructions, and inspiration.