Grateful acknowledgment is made to reprint excerpts from the following:
Chapters 1 and 2: “The Pilgrims Farewell” and “The Decimation and Survival of Plymouth Colony” by William Bradford. From Of Plymouth Plantation 1620–1647 by William Bradford, edited by Samuel Eliot Morison, copyright 1952 by Samuel Eliot Morison and renewed 1980 by Emily M. Beck. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House Inc.
Chapter 15: “American Privateer and British Man-of-War Clash” by A. B. C. Whipple. Pages 128–141 from “VII—Privateer—The Prince de Neufchâtel” from Tall Ships and Great Captains by A. B. C. Whipple and illustrations by G. A. Little. Copyright 1951, 1956, 1960 by A. B. C. Whipple. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the William Morris Agency, Inc., on behalf of the author.
Chapter 29: “‘Portugee’ Phillips’s Desperate Ride, 1866” and “Dull Knife’s Last Fight, 1878” by Paul I. Wellman. From Death on Horseback: Seventy Years of War for the American West by Paul I. Wellman. Copyright © 1934, 1935, 1947 by Paul I. Wellman. Copyright renewed © 1974 by Laura M. Wellman. Reprinted by permission of Paul I. Wellman, Jr.
Chapter 31: “Nighttime Stampede” by Ramon F. Adams, James H. Cook, and Philip Ashton Rollins. Pages 289–290 from “Stampedes” by Ramon F. Adams. Reprinted with the permission of Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, from The Old-Time Cowhand by Ramon F. Adams. Copyright © 1948, 1949, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1961 by Ramon F. Adams.
Chapter 34: The author’s introduction to “Saved by Cowboys” by Philip Rollins, pages 53–55, from “The Cowman’s Code of Ethics” by Ramon F. Adams. Reprinted with the permission of Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group. From The Old-Time Cowhand by Ramon F. Adams. Copyright © 1948, 1949, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1961 by Ramon F. Adams.
Chapter 35: “Earthquake Pulverizes San Francisco, 1906; Fires Spread; Banker Struggles to Survive” by Paul Rink. From A. P. Giannini: Building the Bank of America by Paul Rink. Copyright © 1963 by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
Chapter 37: “Five Aviators Die Trying to Cross the Atlantic Ocean—Then Came Charles Lindbergh” by Charles A. Lindbergh. From We by Charles A. Lindbergh. Copyright 1927, renewed © 1955 by Charles A. Lindbergh. Used by permission of G. P. Putnam’s Sons, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Reprinted by arrangement of the estate of Charles A. Lindbergh.
Chapter 38: “Jimmy Doolittle’s Daylight Raid Over Tokyo—April 18, 1942” by Carroll V. Glines. From The Doolittle Raid: America’s Daring First Strike Again Japan by Carroll V. Glines. Copyright © 1988, 1991 by Caroll V. Glines. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Chapter 39: “Wanted: An Elegant Female Spy to Bribe or Seduce Top Officials at the Nazi-Controlled, Vichy French Embassy” by H. Montgomery Hyde. From “Assault on an embassy” from Cynthia by H. Montgomery Hyde. Copyright © 1965 by Cynmont Productions Ltd. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC. Copyright © 1965 by H. Montgomery Hyde. Reprinted by permission of SLL/Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.
Chapter 40: “Émigré Physicist Enrico Fermi Tests the Precursor to the Atomic Bomb in a Chicago Squash Court” by Richard Rhodes. From The Making of The Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes. Copyright © 1986 by Richard Rhodes. Reprinted with the permission of Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group. Reprinted with the permission of JCA Literary Agency, Inc., on behalf of the author.
Chapter 41: “D-Day: World War II” by Cornelius Ryan. From The Longest Day—June 6, 1944 by Cornelius Ryan. Copyright © 1959 by Cornelius Ryan; copyright renewed 1987 by Kathryn Morgan Ryan, Victoria Ryan Rida and Geoffrey J. M. Ryan. Reprinted with the permission of Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group. Reprinted with the permission of McIntosh and Otis, Inc.
Chapter 42: “Sniper Fight on Okinawa” by William Manchester. From Goodbye, Darkness—A Memoir of the Pacific War by William Manchester. Copyright © 1979, 1980 by William Manchester. Reprinted by permission of Don Congdon Associates, Inc.
Chapter 43: “The Perils of Civil Rights for Nine Little Rock Students” by Henry Hampton and Steve Fayer with Sarah Flynn. From Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s by Henry Hampton and Steve Fayer with Sarah Flynn. Copyright © 1990 by Blackside, Inc. Used by permission of Bantam Books, a division of Random House, Inc. Reprinted with permission by Blackside, Inc.
Chapter 44: “Roy Benavidez, Vietnam Superman: by Roy Benavidez and John R. Craig. From Medal of Honor: One Man’s Journey from Poverty and Prejudice by Roy Benavidez with John R. Craig. Copyright © 1995 by Roy Perez Benavidez and John R. Craig. Reprinted by permission of Potomac Books Inc.
Chapter 45: “Astronauts Rocket to the Moon:” by Buzz Aldrin and Malcolm McConnell. From Men From Earth by Buzz Aldrin and Malcolm McConnell. Copyright © 1989 by Buzz Aldrin and Malcolm McConnell. Reprinted by permission of William Morris Agency, Inc., on behalf of the Authors.
Chapter 46: “September 11, 2001: The Passengers Counterattack the Hijackers on United Flight 93” by Jere Longman. From Among the Heroes: United Flight 93 and the Passengers and Crew Who Fought Back by Jere Longman. Copyright © 2002, 2003 by Jere Longman. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers Inc. Adapted from the September ’02 issue of Reader’s Digest.
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EPub Edition © APRIL 2005 ISBN: 9780061868658
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
American courage : remarkable true stories exhibiting the bravery that has made our country great / [edited by] Herbert W. Warden.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
isbn 0-06-078239-0
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