Table of Contents
Introduction xi
Voyagers
The Intrepid Leopard Wrestler Carl Akeley 3
On the Wings of an Angel Jimmie Angel 13
The Explorer with the Red Umbrella Giacomo Beltrami 21
The Genetics of Truth Kirk Bloodsworth 31
The Slave Who Became a Union Spy Mary Bowser 39
The Black Swallow of Death Eugene Bullard 47
The Last Stone Age Man in America Ishi 57
General Washington's Genial Savior Hercules Mulligan 67
A Captive in Two Cultures Cynthia Ann Parker 75
An Act of Valor Denied James Parker 87
The Yank Who United Canada William Van Horne 95
Innovators
Why We Are What We Eat Wilbur Atwater 107
Mythmaker of the Old West John Wallace Crawford 117
The Inquisitive Benefactor George Fabyan 129
Sealing the Victory at Gettysburg Herman Haupt 141
Keeping Eisenhower's Invasion Afloat Andrew Jackson Higgins 153
The Lovely with the Lovely Brain Hedwig Kiesler 161
Choctaw Code Talker of World War I Solomon Louis 169
A Thorn in the Side of Convention Anne Royall 179
The Man Behind the Checkout Counter Clarence Saunders 189
An Idea That Bloomed to Perfection Eliza Scidmore 197
Dispenser of Beauty and Truth Madam C. J. Walker 207
Humanitarians
Defender of the Defenseless Grace Abbott 221
The Man Who Fed Asia Henry Beachell 233
America's Joan of Arc Inez Boissevain 241
A Saint's Unassuming Assistant Joseph Dutton 249
A Life's Labor of Love Gertrude Elion 257
The Mayor Who Just Wanted to Be Fair Golden Rule Jones 269
Healer of the Fallen Jonathan Letterman 279
Warrior with a Conscience Hugh Thompson 291
Afterword 303
Acknowledgments 305
Sources 307