Heroic StoriesIn this anthology, selections from diaries, memoirs, and biographies capture the dramatic adventures and exhilarating accomplishments of the famous as well as those of uncommon courage. Subjects include Anne Frank, Nelson Mandela, Neil Armstrong, Mother Theresa, Christy Brown, survivors from the Titanic, and Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Foreword | 7 |
RESCUE ON THE EIGER 26 | 26 |
STRUCK BY AN ICEBERG | 44 |
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