Fishwick, M. Prologue.--Fishwick, M. Heroic style in America.--MacFadden, F. The pop pantheon.--Coad, B. E. The Alger hero.--Piper, H. D. Dick Whittington and the middle class dream of success.--Mehlmann, M. Hero of the 30's--the tenant farmer.--Smith, Jr., L. T. Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth and the changing image of the athletic hero.--O'Connor, G. Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?--Cummings, R. The Superbowl society.--Hopkins, A. Contemporary heroism--vitality in defeat.--Kane, P. Perry Mason: modern culture hero.--McLuhan, M. The popular hero and anti-hero.--Rodnitzky, J. A pacifist St. Joan--the odyssey of Joan Baez.--Lohof, B. The Bacharach phenomenon.--Stupple, D. A hero for the times.--Stevens, J. The dog as hero.--Browne, R. B. Epilogue.
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