Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Heroes for My Son
    Unavailable
    Heroes for My Son
    Unavailable
    Heroes for My Son
    Audiobook1 hour

    Heroes for My Son

    Published by Hachette Audio

    4/5

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this audiobook

    When Brad Meltzer's first son was born eight years ago, the bestselling writer and new father started compiling a list of heroes whose virtues and talents he wanted to share with his son: Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, Jim Henson, Amelia Earhart, Muhammad Ali . . . and so many more, each one an ordinary person who was able to achieve the extraordinary. The list grew to include the fifty-two amazing people now gathered in Heroes for My Son, a book that parents and their children-sons and daughters alike-can now enjoy together as they choose heroes of their own.
    From the Wright Brothers, who brought extra building materials to every test flight, planning ahead for failure, to Miep Gies, who risked her life to protect Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis during World War II, Heroes for My Son brings well-known figures together with less famous ones, telling the inspiring, behind-the-scenes stories of the moment that made them great. They are a miraculous group with one thing in common: each is an example of the spectacular potential that can be found in all of us.
    Heroes for My Son is an unforgettable audiobook of timeless wisdom, one that families everywhere can share again and again.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateApr 2, 2013
    ISBN9781619697102
    Unavailable
    Heroes for My Son

    Related to Heroes for My Son

    Related audiobooks

    Relationships For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      The Ambassadors

      Jul 12, 2023

      ▸ RELEASED OUT NOW! (collection out 9 August) ▸ Publisher Image Comics ▸ Writer Mark Millar ▸ Artists Various ISSUES 1-6 Like Thunderbirds crossed with Dial H For Hero, The Ambassadors’ core idea of a global taskforce of superheroes who draw their po

      1 min read

    • Article

      The Novels Have It: September Sparkles With Literary Gems

      Sep 15, 2021

      September marks the return of the literary novel, with sublime fiction from authors such as Colson Whitehead and Anthony Doerr.

      2 min read

    • Article

      Big Game

      Dec 1, 2023

      Big Game
      1 min read

    • Article

      The Age Of The Superhero

      Sep 1, 2023

      When I was an adolescent in the late '50s, my best buddies Bill and Eddie frequently came over to sit on my front porch, swapping comics we had read two or three times for others we hadn't and wanted. The day's ritual was preceded by a raid on my pig

      2 min read

    • Article

      Conspiracy Theory Follows Call For ‘Space Force’

      Jun 21, 2018

      Q: Did President Donald Trump call for the creation of a “space force” to fight off an “alien attack”? A: No. The president did request exploration of a “space force,” but it is unrelated to extraterrestrial activ

      3 min read

    • Article

      The World Of Writing

      Dec 3, 2020

      The World Of Writing
      3 min read

    • Article

      Trump’s Right-Hand Troll

      May 28, 2018

      Trump’s Right-Hand Troll
      26 min read

    • Article

      Will Smith

      Oct 29, 2021

      The Oscar-nominated actor stars in the biopic King Richard HAVING RAISED two children who became superstars, Will Smith is no stranger to parenting and nurturing talent. In King Richard, he plays Richard Williams, the father of tennis superstars Ven

      2 min read

    • Article

      The Joke’s On Us

      Dec 4, 2023

      Generally, I’m ahuge fan of irony and hopefully, regular readers are also all too aware of my persistent and maniacal search for humour in the mountain of manure that is recent US history. That it’s possible, however, our democracy has become aworldw

      2 min read

    • Article

      One Night In Miami

      Apr 22, 2021

      One Night In Miami
      1 min read

    • Article

      Super sixtieth!

      Sep 1, 2023

      Super sixtieth!
      7 min read

    • Article

      The 2017 Time 100

      Apr 22, 2017

      The 2017 Time 100
      2 min read

    • Article

      Apple Tv+

      Feb 10, 2022

      FRIDAY, FEB. 18 ORIGINAL DOCUSERIES Abraham Lincoln is widely remembered as the Great Emancipator for pushing to end slavery before his assassination. How the 16th president arrived at that decision—and the evolution in his thinking—is at the heart o

      1 min read

    • Article

      Leonard Pitts Jr.: Dear Jared Kushner

      Oct 28, 2020

      Dear Jared Kushner: So I see where you think you’ve figured out what’s wrong with Black people. Monday, you shared it on Fox “News.” ”One thing we’ve seen in a lot of the Black community,” you said, “which is mostly Democrat, is that President Trump’

      2 min read

    • Article

      Leonard Pitts Jr.: Dear Jared Kushner

      Oct 28, 2020

      Dear Jared Kushner: So I see where you think you’ve figured out what’s wrong with Black people. Monday, you shared it on Fox “News.” ”One thing we’ve seen in a lot of the Black community,” you said, “which is mostly Democrat, is that President Trump’

      2 min read

    • Article

      The Day Shall Come

      Sep 20, 2019

      The Day Shall Come
      1 min read

    • Article

      The Secret Of My Succession

      Jun 2, 2023

      The Secret Of My Succession
      8 min read

    • Article

      Rogue Male

      Jun 24, 2021

      THE BROTHERS HITCHENS famously did not agree on very much, but one matter that brought them into rare accord was the genius of the author George MacDonald Fraser and his character Flashman. Christopher wrote in 2008 that “I can remember the mingled s

      6 min read

    • Article

      Crime And Punishment

      Oct 1, 2021

      Crime And Punishment
      3 min read

    Reviews for Heroes for My Son

    4/5

    25 ratings3 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 5/5
      I borrowed this book from the library. Now I plan to buy it
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed the variety of people that he talked about in the book and it makes me interested to more about some of them, but I felt like some of it was a bit short and seen through rose-colored glasses, in a way, looking only at the positives. Overall, I enjoyed it very much and it was a nice, read a bit here and there book.
    • 5/5
      After hearing the author talk about this book recently on NPR Radio, I decided to look at the book. I liked what I saw and purchased a copy.The author has chosen a little over fifty people he considers heroes and written a short summary of what they did to make them heroes in his mind. In the introduction, and in talks the author has given about his book, he has said that he felt it would be very worthwhile to provide his son with a list of heroes to know about. He goes on to describe the typical young child's hero as simply someone who is currently well known. The author, and most of us know that that criteria alone is not really very adequate and that it is important for young people to know what most of us do consider credentials for heroic stature.As the author states, his chosen heroes have reached the status for any of several reasons, and that some are well known, some not.The author feels that the reader probably knowws some and maybe many more that could be added. He has left space at the end of the book for the reader to add his own favorite hero to the book, before giving it to his son or daughter. He has also left the dedication of the book up to the reader to fill in.In this way the author expects you to personalize the book and to pass it on to a young person.I have read each entry and am impressed by the author's choices for inclusion and his clear style in summarizing each person's reason for inclusion.