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Zusatztext "Endlessly entertaining?Martin introduces us to a colorful cast of saints! visionaries and occasional rogues! and he does so with style and zest. Heroes! yes! but secret no more! these are (extra)ordinary men and women well worth our attention! in a book that makes history joyous." Informationen zum Autor A book and magazine editor with the National Geographic Society for three decades, Paul Martin spent the last ten years as executive editor of National Geographic Traveler . Earlier in his career, he served as a military journalist in Vietnam and was assistant editor of Outdoors magazine and managing editor of Continuing Education for the Family Physician . Martin lives near Washington, D.C. When not writing, he builds acoustic guitars. Readers can meet all thirty of the characters in Secret Heroes at http://www.paulmartinbooks.com. Klappentext Not all American heroes appear in the standard history texts. Their achievements aren't celebrated like the monumental exploits of presidents, generals, and founding fathers. But for as long as this great nation has existed, ordinary citizens have done extraordinary things. In Secret Heroes , author Paul Martin spotlights thirty overlooked Americans, all of whom had an impact on their world and ours, including: Hercules Mulligan, the New York tailor and spy who saved George Washington's life . . . twice! Jimmie Angel, the gold-seeking bush pilot who, in 1933, discovered the world's highest waterfall in Venezuela. Carl Akeley, a pioneering taxidermist who killed a leopard with his bare hands and inspired Africa's first national park. Eliza Scidmore, who convinced the government to plant cherry trees in Washington, D.C. . . . after twenty-four years of lobbying! Zusammenfassung 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 textbooks—not George Washington! but the tailor who saved his life…twice; the first African-American combat pilot; the 62-year-old female muckraking journalist who refused to turn her back on injustice— Secret Heroes is just the sort of fascinating and fun popular history that readers love! not unlike Kenneth C. Davis’s bestselling Don’t Know Much About® series and Rick Beyer’s The Greatest Stories Never Told . ...
