Hero Tales

“It is a good thing for all Americans, and it is an especially good thing for young Americans, to remember the men who have given their lives in war and peace to the service of their fellow-countrymen, and to keep in mind the feats of daring and personal prowess done in time past by some of the many......more

The target audience for this book is probably teenage boys. I found the one-sided glamorized character sketches uninspiring and the carefully detailed battle scenes quite tedious. I suppose someone more interested in military machinations would enjoy it more especially if they are not familiar with......more

Shows positives and negatives of TR. He does great research, tells stories well, and shows great respect for history & tradition, but borders on war worship, and those beliefs haunted his post-presidential years.......more

This book suffers from being dated in its language, both in in terms of offensiveness, e.g. Indian country, the ‘n-word’, etc. and its specific focus on white men. Though I suppose a book written in the late 19th century would be shackled by the vernacular of the times. And, though its tales are lim......more

Beginning with the 1st President of the United States, George Washington and ending with the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, Hero Tales from American History gives a summery history of a few great Americans. The histories were written more to inspire patriotism than to relay real fact; the book pai......more