Ten Brave Men (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Sonia Daugherty
- First Published: 1951
- Time of Work: 1620–1864
- Setting: Plymouth Colony; Providence Plantations; Williamsburg, Virginia; Philadelphia; Boston; Trenton, New Jersey; Washington, D.C.; and Paris
- Principal Characters: William Bradford, Roger Williams, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Paul Jones, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Freedom, Politics, Leadership, Courage, New England, Politicians, Military life or service, Presidents, Biography
- Locales: Boston, MA, Paris, France, Philadelphia, PA, Washington, D.C., American colonies, Trenton, NJ, Williamsburg, VA
Form and Content
An experienced author of numerous children’s books and herself a refugee from the Soviet Union, Sonia Daugherty has made ten popular American heroes, each evincing principles that have entered the mainstream of American life, the subjects of Ten Brave Men: Makers of the American Way, a collective biography for young readers. She has made no effort to survey the lives of these individuals comprehensively; rather, she has selected brief episodes from their careers that exemplify the strength of their characters and beliefs. Her ten narrative chapters are...
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