The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, From the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
(Kindle Book, OverDrive Read)

Book Cover for "The Small and the Mighty"
Your Rating: 0 stars
Star rating for
Author:
McMahon, Sharon
Published:
Penguin Publishing Group 2024
Format:
Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
Status:
Checked Out

Description

A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From America’s favorite government teacher, a “fascinating and fun” (Adam Grant) portrait of twelve ordinary Americans whose courage formed the character of our country.
In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn’t make it into the textbooks. Not the presidents, but the telephone operators. Not the aristocrats, but the schoolteachers. Through meticulous research, she discovers history’s unsung characters and brings their rich, riveting stories to light for the first time.  
You’ll meet a woman astride a white horse riding down Pennsylvania Ave, a young boy detained at a Japanese incarceration camp, a formerly enslaved woman on a mission to reunite with her daughter, a poet on a train, and a teacher who learns to work with her enemies. More than one thing is bombed, and multiple people surprisingly become rich. Some rich with money, and some wealthy with things that matter more.

This is a book about what really made America – and Americans – great. McMahon’s cast of improbable champions will become familiar friends, lighting the path we journey in our quest to make the world more just, peaceful, good, and free.

Also in This Series

Formats

Kindle Book
Works on Kindles and devices with a Kindle app installed.
Sample 
OverDrive Read
Sample 
Need Help?
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.

More Like This

Other Editions and Formats

Choose a Format
On Shelf
East Hampton New Adult Nonfiction
920.07 MCM
Checked Out
3 copies, 9 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.

Subjects

Subjects
History
Politics
Nonfiction

More Details

Street Date:
09/24/2024
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780593541685
ASIN:
B0CQJHPDW1

Borrower Reviews

Librarian Reviews

Published Reviews

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation (style guide)

Sharon McMahon. (2024). The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, From the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement. Penguin Publishing Group.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Sharon McMahon. 2024. The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, From the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement. Penguin Publishing Group.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Sharon McMahon, The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, From the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement. Penguin Publishing Group, 2024.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Sharon McMahon. The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, From the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement. Penguin Publishing Group, 2024.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.

Copy Details

LibraryOwnedAvailable
Shared Digital Collection20
East Hampton Public Library00

There are 2 holds on this title.

Staff View

Grouped Work ID:
cc91bcb3-15d3-62b8-0f14-dec7b1cab24d
Go To Grouped Work

API Extraction Dates

Needs Update?:
No
Date Added:
Oct 12, 2024 13:52:26
Date Updated:
Oct 12, 2024 13:52:26
Last Metadata Check:
Jul 14, 2025 06:13:28
Last Metadata Change:
Jul 14, 2025 06:13:28
Last Availability Check:
Jul 14, 2025 06:13:32
Last Availability Change:
Jul 14, 2025 06:13:32
Last Grouped Work Modification Time:
Jul 15, 2025 22:18:19

OverDrive Product Record

images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/1523-1/{FA6F7812-A3E9-43DD-8E5B-0F9ECC717226}IMG100.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/1523-1/{FA6F7812-A3E9-43DD-8E5B-0F9ECC717226}IMG200.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/1523-1/{FA6F7812-A3E9-43DD-8E5B-0F9ECC717226}IMG150.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/1523-1/{FA6F7812-A3E9-43DD-8E5B-0F9ECC717226}IMG400.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
formats
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780593541685
      • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
      • id: ebook-epub-adobe
      • identifiers:
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B0CQJHPDW1
      • name: Kindle Book
      • id: ebook-kindle
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780593541685
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • id: ebook-overdrive
otherFormatIdentifiers
      • type: ISBN
      • value: 9780593541678
mediaType
eBook
primaryCreator
    • role: Author
    • name: Sharon McMahon
isOwnedByCollections
False
title
The Small and the Mighty
contentDetails
      • href: https://link.overdrive.com?websiteID=242&titleID=10344900
      • type: text/html
      • account:
          • name: LION: Libraries Online (CT)
          • id: 1354
sortTitle
Small and the Mighty Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History From the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
crossRefId
10344900
subtitle
Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, From the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
id
FA6F7812-A3E9-43DD-8E5B-0F9ECC717226
starRating
4.3

OverDrive MetaData

isPublicDomain
False
formats
      • fileName: TheSmallandtheMighty_10344900
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 0
      • identifiers:
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B0CQJHPDW1
      • name: Kindle Book
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-kindle
      • onSaleDate: 9/24/2024
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fa6f7812-a3e9-43dd-8e5b-0f9ecc717226&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
      • fileName: TheSmallandtheMighty_9780593541685_10344900
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 0
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780593541685
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-overdrive
      • onSaleDate: 9/24/2024
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fa6f7812-a3e9-43dd-8e5b-0f9ecc717226&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
keywords
      • value: Teachers
      • value: politics
      • value: non fiction
      • value: Nonfiction
      • value: american history
      • value: Civil Rights
      • value: gifts
      • value: biographies
      • value: History
      • value: best sellers
      • value: nonfiction books
      • value: political history
      • value: history books
      • value: political books
      • value: Best books
      • value: gifts for teachers
      • value: History book
      • value: American history books
      • value: teacher gifts
      • value: best selling books
      • value: books best sellers
      • value: biography books
      • value: history books best sellers
      • value: new york times best sellers
      • value: non fiction books best sellers
      • value: small books
      • value: nonfiction books best sellers
      • value: best biographies of all time
      • value: biography books best sellers
creators
      • role: Author
      • fileAs: McMahon, Sharon
      • name: Sharon McMahon
imprint
Thesis
publishDate
2024-09-24T00:00:00Z
isOwnedByCollections
True
title
The Small and the Mighty
fullDescription
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From America’s favorite government teacher, a “fascinating and fun” (Adam Grant) portrait of twelve ordinary Americans whose courage formed the character of our country.
In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn’t make it into the textbooks. Not the presidents, but the telephone operators. Not the aristocrats, but the schoolteachers. Through meticulous research, she discovers history’s unsung characters and brings their rich, riveting stories to light for the first time.  
You’ll meet a woman astride a white horse riding down Pennsylvania Ave, a young boy detained at a Japanese incarceration camp, a formerly enslaved woman on a mission to reunite with her daughter, a poet on a train, and a teacher who learns to work with her enemies. More than one thing is bombed, and multiple people surprisingly become rich. Some rich with money, and some wealthy with things that matter more.

This is a book about what really made America – and Americans – great. McMahon’s cast of improbable champions will become familiar friends, lighting the path we journey in our quest to make the world more just, peaceful, good, and free.
popularity
14027
links
    • self:
        • href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BPQEAAA20/products/fa6f7812-a3e9-43dd-8e5b-0f9ecc717226/metadata
        • type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
    • shareInLibby:
        • href: https://link.overdrive.com/share?q=xNmdADHmp90
        • type: text/HTML
id
fa6f7812-a3e9-43dd-8e5b-0f9ecc717226
images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/1523-1/{FA6F7812-A3E9-43DD-8E5B-0F9ECC717226}IMG100.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/1523-1/{FA6F7812-A3E9-43DD-8E5B-0F9ECC717226}IMG200.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/1523-1/{FA6F7812-A3E9-43DD-8E5B-0F9ECC717226}IMG150.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/1523-1/{FA6F7812-A3E9-43DD-8E5B-0F9ECC717226}IMG400.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
isPublicPerformanceAllowed
False
languages
      • code: en
      • name: English
subjects
      • value: History
      • value: Politics
      • value: Nonfiction
publishDateText
09/24/2024
otherFormatIdentifiers
      • type: ISBN
      • value: 9780593541678
mediaType
eBook
shortDescription
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From America’s favorite government teacher, a “fascinating and fun” (Adam Grant) portrait of twelve ordinary Americans whose courage formed the character of our country.
In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn’t make it into the textbooks. Not the presidents, but the telephone operators. Not the aristocrats, but the schoolteachers. Through meticulous research, she discovers history’s unsung characters and brings their rich, riveting stories to light for the first time.  
You’ll meet a woman astride a white horse riding down Pennsylvania Ave, a young boy detained at a Japanese incarceration camp, a formerly enslaved woman on a mission to reunite with her daughter, a poet on a train, and a teacher who learns to work with her enemies. More than one thing is bombed, and multiple people...
accessibilityStatements
      • additionalInformation:
        1. PageBreaks
      • epubVersion: 1.1
      • summaryStatement: This ebook features mark-up that supports accessibility and enables compatibility with assistive technology. It has been designed to allow display properties to be modified by the reader. The file includes a table of contents, a defined reading order, and ARIA roles to identify key sections and improve the reading experience. A page list and page break locations help readers coordinate with the print edition. Headings allow readers to navigate the ebook quickly by level. Images are well described in conformance with WCAG 2.1 Level AA. Colors meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA contrast standards. There are no hazards.
      • conformance:
        1. MeetsStandards
      • richContent:
        1. legalConsiderations:
          1. wcagVersion: 2.1
          2. wcagLevel: AA
          3. navigation:
            1. TableOfContents
            2. StructuredNavigation
          4. hazards:
            1. waysOfReading:
              1. ModifiableDisplay
              2. FullNonVisualReadingSupport
              3. AlternativeText
            2. name: Adobe EPUB eBook
            3. id: ebook-epub-adobe
        sortTitle
        Small and the Mighty Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History From the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
        crossRefId
        10344900
        classifications
          subtitle
          Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, From the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
          publisher
          Penguin Publishing Group
          bisacCodes
              • code: HIS036000
              • description: History / United States / General
              • code: POL003000
              • description: Political Science / Civics & Citizenship
              • code: POL040000
              • description: Political Science / American Government / General