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From America’s favorite government teacher, a “fascinating and fun” (Adam Grant) portrait of twelve ordinary Americans whose courage formed the character of our country.
In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn’t make it into the textbooks. Not the presidents, but the telephone operators. Not the aristocrats, but the schoolteachers. Through meticulous research, she discovers history’s unsung characters and brings their rich, riveting stories to light for the first time.
You’ll meet a woman astride a white horse riding down Pennsylvania Ave, a young boy detained at a Japanese incarceration camp, a formerly enslaved woman on a mission to reunite with her daughter, a poet on a train, and a teacher who learns to work with her enemies. More than one thing is bombed, and multiple people surprisingly become rich. Some rich with money, and some wealthy with things that matter more.
This is a book about what really made America – and Americans – great. McMahon’s cast of improbable champions will become familiar friends, lighting the path we journey in our quest to make the world more just, peaceful, good, and free.
From the Publisher
Publisher : Thesis (September 24, 2024)
Language : English
Hardcover : 320 pages
ISBN-10 : 0593541677
ISBN-13 : 978-0593541678
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 6.21 x 1.03 x 9.3 inches
Customers find the book inspiring and thought-provoking. They describe it as an engaging, entertaining read that makes them laugh and cry. The author is described as a consummate storyteller who masterfully tells the stories of ordinary people who did what they could in the midst of their struggles. Readers praise the writing quality as compelling and detailed. They appreciate the interesting characters and unsung heroes from American history.
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