In 1895, two young men destined to make their mark on American life, Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge, discovered they shared a common interest in the remarkable way ordinary Americans demonstrated the real character of the young nation. They were convinced that the brilliance of American liberty could best be found in the lives of everyday people, rather than in accounts of the famous and powerful.
Somehow the two men found time to research and write the twenty-six amazing stories in Hero Tales. From great battles of the War for Independence to the intrepid explorations that opened up the western frontier, and from the struggles of the early pioneers to the tragedies of the Civil War, these stories capture in words the essence of the American spirit.
Without preaching or moralizing, these stories show the qualities of good character at work. Thus Hero Tales is one of those rare, timeless classics that belongs in every home, library, and classroom.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) was the twenty-sixth president of the United States. By the time he turned fifty, he had served as a state legislator, undersecretary of the Navy, police commissioner of New York City, governor of New York, and vice president and president of the United States. In 1906 he won the Nobel Peace Prize. Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924) was a United States senator from Massachusetts and majority leader and chairman of the foreign relations committee of the U.S. Senate from 1918 to 1924.

Lloyd James hails from the Midwest. He received a B.A. in theater from a small liberal-arts college in New Mexico. He acts in the theater when his schedule permits and spends much of his free time working in his garden. He lives in Virginia with his wife and son.