Machine generated contents note: A Library of Life's Lessons 11 -- Samuel Adams: American Patriot 12 -- Jane Addams: Making Life Better 17 -- Muhammad Ali: Outspoken Athlete 22 -- Ethan Allen: Soldier for Freedom 27 -- Susan B. Anthony: Pioneer of Women's Rights 32 -- Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon 38 -- Crispus Attucks: The Greatest Sacrifice 44 -- James Baldwin: Sharing the Black Experience 49 -- Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield 54 -- Daisy Bates: Civil-rights Activist 59 -- Jim Beckwourth: A Brave Mountain Man 65 -- Daniel Boone: American Trailblazer 71 -- James Bowie: Hero of the Frontier 77 -- Omar Bradley: Army Commander 81 -- John Brown: Fighting Against Slavery 86 -- Ralph Bunche: Working Toward Peace 91 -- Richard E. Byrd: Brave Explorer 96 -- Kit Carson: King of the Mountain Men 102 -- Rachel Carson: Protecting the Earth 107 -- John Chapman: Johnny Appleseed 113 -- Cesar Chavez: The Workers Friend 119 -- Crazy Horse: Native American Warrior 124 -- Davy Crockett: Hero of the Frontier 129 -- Benjamin O. Davis Jr: A Very Special Soldier 134 -- Thomas A. Dooley: The Jungle Doctor 140 -- Frederick Douglass: A Voice Against Slavery 146 -- Amelia Earhart: A Woman With Wings 152 -- Dwight D. Eisenhower: A Leader in War and Peace 159 -- David Farragut: Fearless Commander 165 -- Benjamin Franklin: A Man of Great Ideas 170 -- Varian Fry: A Forgotten Hero 176 -- Geronimo: Apache Warrior 182 -- John Glenn: First American to Orbit Earth 188 -- Ulysses S. Grant: Military Hero and President 194 -- Woody Guthrie: The Voice of America 200 -- Nathan Hale: Only One Life to Live 206 -- Fannie Lou Hamer: Fighting for Freedom 211 -- Alexander Hamilton: Shaping the Nation 217 -- Patrick Henry: "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!" 223 -- Wild Bill Hickok: Lawman of the Wild West 228 -- Sam Houston: A Leader for Independence 234 -- Anne Hutchinson: Champion of Religious Freedom 240 -- Andrew Jackson: President of the Common People 246 -- Thomas Jefferson: Creator of a Nation 251 -- John Paul Jones: "I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight!" 257 -- Mother Jones: "The Grandmother of Agitators" 263 -- Chief Joseph: "I Will Fight No More Forever" 268 -- John F. Kennedy: A Profile in Courage 274 -- Bob Kerrey: A Life of Public Service 280 -- Billie Jean King: Equality on the Tennis Court 285 -- Martin Luther King Jr: A Dream of Equality 290 -- Maggie Kuhn: Never Too Old 296 -- Robert E. Lee: Confederate General 302 -- John L. Lewis: Mining for Change 307 -- Meriwether Lewis & William Clark: Into the Unknown 313 -- Abraham Lincoln: Holding the Nation Together 323 -- Charles Lindbergh: Adventure in the Air 329 -- Douglas MacArthur: Never Surrender 335 -- Malcolm X: Freedom Can't Wait 341 -- Francis Marion: The Swamp Fox 347 -- John Marshall: A Legal Leader 352 -- Thurgood Marshall: Mr. Civil Rights 357 -- John McCain: Bravery Under Pressure 362 -- John Muir: Man of the Wilderness 368 -- Audie Murphy: Bravery in Battle 373 -- Thomas Paine: Inspiring a New Nation 378 -- Rosa Parks: A Quiet Hero 384 -- George S. Patton: "Old Blood and Guts" 389 -- Robert Peary & Matthew Henson: Arctic Explorers 395 -- William Penn: Free to Worship 404 -- Oliver Hazard Perry: "The Enemy Is Ours!" 410 -- John J. Pershing: General of the Armies 415 -- Molly Pitcher: Hero of the American Revolution 421 -- Pocahontas: Native American Legend 426 -- Ernie Pyle: War Correspondent 432 -- A. Philip Randolph: Labor Leader 438 -- Paul Revere: The Midnight Rider 444 -- Eddie Rickenbacker: Flying Ace 450 -- Sally Ride: First American Woman in Space 456 -- Matthew B. Ridgway: Army Chief 461 -- Jackie Robinson: Breaking Baseballs Color Barrier 466 -- Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World 472 -- Franklin D. Roosevelt: Four-term President 478 -- Theodore Roosevelt: Rough Rider President 484 -- Sacagawea: Guide to the West 490 -- Jonas Salk: Conqueror of Polio 496 -- Alan B. Shepard Jr. : First American in Space 502 -- Robert Smalls: An Unlikely Hero 508 -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Social Reformer 514 -- Anne Sullivan: Teacher and Friend 520 -- Tecumseh: Uniting the Tribes 526 -- Sojourner Truth: "Ain't I a Woman?" 532 -- Harriet Tubman: A Passage to Freedom 538 -- Mary Edwards Walker: Army Doctor 544 -- George Washington: Father of the United States 550 -- Roger Williams: A Home for Freedom 556 -- Chuck Yeager: Breaking the Sound Barrier 562 -- Alvin York: Patriotic Soldier 568.