Hero Tales from American History

This book is truly an American treasure. It is about Americans who showed that they knew how to live and how to die - who proved their truth by their endeavors.

Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924) was an American politician. As Senate majority leader (1918-1924) and head of the foreign relations committee (1918-1924) he successfully opposed United States membership in the League of Nations. Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) was the 26th President of the United States (1901-1909). A Hero of the Spanish-American War, he served as governor of New York (1899-1900) and U.S. Vice President (September 1901) under William McKinley.