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Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement | Sharon McMahon
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From America's favorite government teacher, a heartfelt, inspiring portrait of twelve ordinary Americans whose courage formed the character of our country. In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn't make it into the textbooks. Not the presidents, but the telephone operators. Not the aristocrats, but the schoolteachers. Through meticulous research, she discovers history's unsung characters and brings their rich, riveting stories to light for the first time. You'll meet a woman astride a white horse riding down Pennsylvania Ave, a young boy detained at a Japanese incarceration camp, a formerly enslaved woman on a mission to reunite with her daughter, a poet on a train, and a teacher who learns to work with her enemies. More than one thing is bombed, and multiple people surprisingly become rich. Some rich with money, and some wealthy with things that matter more. This is a book about what really made America - and Americans - great. McMahon's cast of improbable champions will become familiar friends, lighting the path we journey in our quest to make the world more just, peaceful, good, and free.
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Susanita
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I think I‘m going to pounce on this one as soon as I get to the top of the hold list. #sundayfunday

julieclair This looks excellent. Stacked! 2d
Kerrbearlib Sounds good! Stacked! 2d
BookmarkTavern Definitely stacking this! Thanks for answering! 1d
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I love Sharon McMahon!I love her commitment to the truth of history,her writing style,her desire to give voice to the stories that have mostly been untold.This book‘s content and the way it was written is excellent!The only reason it‘s down one star is because I‘m a bad reader of story collections, & that is more what this feels like than an overarching narrative.The audiobook is excellent,&I‘m so appreciative of what Sharon has given us!

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“Alexander Hamilton was going to die. And he knew it.”

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Finished both of these in the last few days—one the October pick for the Mother-Daughter Murder Mystery Book Club me and @AmyK1 do, and the other a highly anticipated history book! I loved them both so much, to be honest. Recommend!!!

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“The best Americans are not the critics, they are the doers. They are the people who went for broke when everyone else yelled to turn back. They are those who know that one becomes great because of who they lift up, not who they put down.”

Sharon tell us the stories of 12 ordinary Americans, who are not in the history books but should be, who did the next needed thing. And we are all better for it ❤️

behudd Are you in Sharon‘s book club, too?! 3w
AmyK1 @behudd I am! This is my 3rd semester and I absolutely love it ❤️ 3w
behudd @AmyK1 amazing!! I‘ve been in since the second semester & can‘t imagine ever quitting it! 2w
AmyK1 @behudd I‘m hooked and won‘t be quitting either! ❤️😂 2w
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This house sitting gig is working my last nerve, but there is nonetheless plenty of joy.
1. Presidential podcast bonus episode with the author of the tagged book as a guest. https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/presidential/bonus--women-politics-and-t...
2. Rewatched Rings of Power S1 & all of S2 so far. E7 OMG! See comments.
3. One of the kitties.
4. I found a taker for my Sunday ballgame ticket.
5. Pond & sunset.
#5joysfriday

Susanita Arondir 😭😭😭 1mo
mcctrish The view is lovely 😍 1mo
dabbe 🧡🤎💛 1mo
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kspenmoll Pond & sunset is so lovely! 1mo
DebinHawaii A lovely list of joys! 💛 💛 💛That sunset & pond picture is spectacular! 😍Thanks for joining in and sharing the joy! 🤗 1mo
DebinHawaii A lovely list of joys! 💛 💛 💛That sunset & pond picture is spectacular! 😍Thanks for joining in and sharing the joy! 🤗 1mo
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