109 Forgotten American Heroes

by Chris Ying, Brian McMullen (Author)

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Photographs, graphics, and text bring to life the contributions, inventions, wisdom, savvy, and courage of 109 American originals, including Frank Epperson, the inventor of the popsicle, cereal creator John Harvey Kellogg, and Shamu, the killer whale who began her stay at the San Diego Sea World in 1965.… (more)

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This is an impressive collection of brief biographies about 109 Americans, some the reader might have heard of and some new to the reader! Each biography is 1-2 pages. The design of each page is slightly different, depending on the era of the person or their effect. (

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Photographs, graphics, and text bring to life the contributions, inventions, wisdom, savvy, and courage of 109 American originals, including Frank Epperson, the inventor of the popsicle, cereal creator John Harvey Kellogg, and Shamu, the killer whale who began her stay at the San Diego Sea World in 1965.

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