American Characters: They Marched to a Different Drummer, 1850 to 1950

by Morrie Greenberg

Because young readers "devoured" American Adventures, Part 1 and Part 2, and American Heroes, we are pleased ot offer another collection of 15 high interest, true stories by the same author. Each story breathes the same life and meaning into America's past, but American Characters centers on the lives of Americans who were different - who marched to a different drummer. Were they courageous or eccentric? Heroic or foolish? Likeable or contemptible? No matter. Each fascinating tale piques our interest.

Paperback

Published January 1, 2000

About the author

Summerlin-area author Morrie Greenberg served as a school principal, a teacher and as an English-social studies consultant for the Los Angeles Unified School District. Greenberg tapped his history background to write the two-part book "American Adventures: True Stories From America’s Past." The first volume shares stories from 1770 to 1870, and the second takes readers from 1870 to the present .