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The Mammoth Book of Heroes de Jon E. Lewis
de Jon E. Lewis - Género: English
Sinopsis
True courage is a hugely valued aspect of humanity.
Many of the accounts in this volume are in the words of those who were there, of men and women who showed real courage, often with their own lives on the line. The tales include: the death of Sir Thomas More; George Washington at Valley Forge; Nelson losing his arm at Santa Cruz; Oscar Schindler saving the lives of Polish Jews; SOE heroine Violette Szabo in occupied France; the protesters in Tiananmen Square; and the New York firefighters and the airline passengers of flight UA49 on September 11th, 2001.
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A compilation of passages describing heroic acts. Examples include: The events aboard Flight 93 on 9/11, bomb disposal in WWII London, heckling Nixon at the 1972 Republican Convention, Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier, the stand of the Spartans at Thermopylae, Shackleton's escape from the antarctic, Lillian Hellman in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950's, etc. Each of the passages is by a different author, Jon Lews is the editor. Tori Benty294 6
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