Heroes for My Son

Heroes for my Son is a 2010 non-fiction book written by Brad Meltzer. It contains a series of vignettes on inspiring heroes — famous and lesser known — whose stories Brad wanted to share with his son. According to WorldCat, the book is in 737 libraries.

Meltzer's Heroes for My Daughter was published later in 2012.

Contents
The book contains vignettes, quotations, and black and white photos of Meltzer's heroes, with details on their "character-building values":


 * The Wright Brothers
 * Team Hoyt
 * Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel
 * Mr. Rogers
 * Miep Gies
 * Roberto Clemente
 * Amelia Earhart
 * Nelson Mandela
 * Norman Borlaug
 * Martin Luther King Jr.
 * Anne Sullivan
 * John Lennon
 * Harriet Tubman
 * Harry Houdini
 * Jackie Robinson
 * Albert Einstein
 * Jesse Owens
 * Jim Henson
 * Jonas Salk
 * Dr. Seuss
 * Bella Abzug
 * Dan West
 * Mother Teresa
 * Steven Spielberg
 * George H. W. Bush
 * Lucille Ball
 * George Washington
 * Charlie Chaplin
 * Oprah Winfrey
 * Frank Shankwitz
 * Mark Twain
 * Eleanor Roosevelt
 * Neil Armstrong
 * Paul Newman
 * Pelé
 * Barbara Johns
 * Aung San Suu Kyi
 * Eli Segal
 * Abraham Lincoln
 * Andy Miyares (Special Olympics swimmer)
 * Clara Hale
 * Muhammad Ali
 * Barack Obama
 * Harper Lee
 * Thomas Jefferson
 * Mahatma Gandhi
 * Frederick Douglass
 * Chesley B. Sullenberger
 * Rosa Parks
 * Lou Gehrig
 * Teri Meltzer (the author's mother)
 * Ben Rubin (the author's maternal grandfather)

Inspiration
Brad Meltzer began collecting a list of heroes whose virtues and skills he wanted to share with his son when he grew up. The list grew to fifty-two people.

Press
The book reached number two on the New York Times Bestseller List.