A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines: A Record from 500 BC to 1920 Ad

1920. A Record of High Endeavor and Strange Adventure From 500 BC to 1920 AD. Illustrated by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis. The book is a gathering of real and fictional characters who have lived dramatic and adventurous lives. Some of the Heroes of Reality featured in this volume are: Buddha; King Arthur of Britain; Robin Hood; Dante; Jeanne d'Arc; Henry Hudson; Napoleon Bonaparte; Florence Nightingale; Theodore Roosevelt; and others. The Heroes of Fiction include: William Tell; Don Quixote; Robinson Crusoe; and Rip Van Winkle.