Overview
In 1895, two young men destined to make their mark on American life, Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge, discovered they shared a common interest in the remarkable way ordinary Americans demonstrated the real character of the young nation. They were convinced that the brilliance of American liberty could best be found in the lives of everyday heroes.
These two men researched and wrote the twenty-six inspiring stories in Hero Tales. From great battles of the War for Independence to the intrepid explorations that opened up the western frontier, from the struggles of the early pioneers to the tragedies of the Civil War, these stories capture the essence of the American spirit.
Especially moving is the last chapter, on Abraham Lincoln, in which narrator Patrick Cullen reads Walt Whitman’s poem for Lincoln, O Captain, My Captain, as well as two of Lincoln’s speeches, the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural Address.
1. Washington by Henry Cabot Lodge2. Daniel Boone and the Founding of Kentucky by Theodore Roosevelt3. George Rogers Clark and the Conquest of the Northwest by Theodore Roosevelt4. The Battle of Trenton by Henry Cabot Lodge5. Bennington by Henry Cabot Lodge6. King’s Mountain by Theodore Roosevelt7. The Storming of Stony Point by Theodore Roosevelt8. Gouverneur Morris by Henry Cabot Lodge9. The Burning of the Philadelphiai by Henry Cabot Lodge10. The Cruise of the Wasp by Theodore Roosevelt11. The General Armstrong Privateer by Theodore Roosevelt12. The Battle of New Orleans by Theodore Roosevelt13. John Quincy Adams and the Right of Petition by Henry Cabot Lodge14. Francis Parkman by Henry Cabot Lodge15. Remember the Alamo by Theodore Roosevelt16. Hampton Roads by Theodore Roosevelt17. The Flag-Bearer by Theodore Roosevelt18. The Death of Stonewall Jackson by Theodore Roosevelt19. The Charge at Gettysburg by Theodore Roosevelt20. General Grant and the Vicksburg Campaign by Henry Cabot Lodge21. Robert Gould Shaw by Henry Cabot Lodge22. Charles Russell Lowell by Henry Cabot Lodge23. Sheridan at Cedar Creek by Henry Cabot Lodge24. Lieutenant Cushing and the Ram Albermarle by Theodore Roosevelt25. Farragut at Mobile Bay by Theodore Roosevelt26. Lincoln by Henry Cabot Lodge