Thank you to the people who helped bring this book
to fruition:
Byron Hollinshead
Elizabeth McPike
Dr. Harold Robles
Thank you to the people who aided our research process:
Kevin Williams
Diana and Don Durand
Richard Yednock
Susan Miller
Charlie Welch
Stephan Williams
Julianne Dickson
Helene Guilfoy
Jane Addams Hull House Association
Stephen Miller, DDS
George C. Marshall Foundation
Helen Keller National Center (HKNC) for Deaf-Blind Youth
and Adults
Tura Campanella-Cook of the Jane Addams Peace Association
Supreme Court of the United States, Public Information Office
The dedicated librarians at Millersville University’s Ganser
Library and the Lancaster County Library
Thanks to
Jason Redcay, Jonathon Ober, and Nate Martin for
their help with the Vote for Your Hero contest
Thanks to
Michael G. Roscoe, and Allison and Bethany
Roscoe for their continuing patience and support
Thank you also to
teachers John Mohn, Georgette Hackman,
Amy Evans, and Dr. Cole Reilly
And a special thank-you to
Angie Post-Speitel for crusading
to include her hero, Mary McLeod Bethune, in this book
Copyright © 2017 by Dennis Denenberg and Lorraine Roscoe
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Denenberg, Dennis, 1947– author. | Roscoe, Lorraine,
1955– author.
Title: 50 American heroes every kid should meet / by Dennis
Denenberg and Lorraine Roscoe.
Other titles: Fifty American heroes every kid should meet
Description: 2nd revised edition. | Minneapolis : Millbrook
Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016002721 (print) | LCCN 2016003988
(ebook) | ISBN 9781512411324 (lb : alk. paper)
| ISBN 9781512413281 (pb : alk. paper) | ISBN
9781512413298 (eb pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Heroes—United States—Biography—Juvenile
literature. | United States—Biography—Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC CT217 .D46 2016 (print) | LCC CT217
(ebook) | DDC 920.073—dc23
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Manufactured in the United States of America
1-39641-21284-3/18/2016
To my wonderful family and friends, all of whom have enriched my life —D.D.
To my mother, whose courage and indomitable spirit live on —L.R.
