This book spotlights courage and endurance in life-threatening circumstances (war, illness, criminal assault, wilderness misadventure) and in everyday life where challenges in sport, love and work require ingenuity and perseverance to overcome. Poetry and historical nuggets also illuminate the many hues of fortitude.
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In this first volume of a series on virtues, 37 first-person essays show men, women, and young adults facing tremendous obstacles, yet they all manage to carry on, undaunted. Like gapers on the highway, readers want to know how it happened. How is it that these ordinary people manage to display true grit when faced with insurmountable obstacles? There is no one answer, but all the contributors draw on internal fortitude. The topics range from wilderness survival to the war fields of Vietnam; athletic challenges, such as playing football with two broken hands, to breaking the racial barrier in a predominantly all-white sport such as rowing. Illnesses such as polysistic kidney disease (PKD) and cancer are covered, and there are a few moving accounts by women who have survived rape. Each essay is just a few pages in length; some have been adapted from magazine articles. Testimonials involving everyday situations such as these are sure to provide inspiration, and the brevity and diversity of topics covered might just be the hook one needs for reluctant or adult new readers. Brenda Barrera
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"...moving...splendid models for old-fashioned virtues of pluck and courage...inspiration for getting unstuck...taking life on full force." -- Augustus Y. Napier, co-author of The Family Chronicle.
"filled with poignancy and uncommon honesty, brings to light what is often hidden: regular people really do commit acts of bravery. -- Ben Kamin, author of The Path of the Soul.
"powerfully-uplifting...challenges us to be as courageous and persistent...as the men and women highlighted in it." -- Millard Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity International.
"will bring you to your feet cheering, and to your knees in awe and humility. A compulsively good read." -- Paula M. Reeves, author of a Woman's Intuition.
"filled with poignancy and uncommon honesty, brings to light what is often hidden: regular people really do commit acts of bravery. -- Ben Kamin, author of The Path of the Soul.
"powerfully-uplifting...challenges us to be as courageous and persistent...as the men and women highlighted in it." -- Millard Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity International.
"will bring you to your feet cheering, and to your knees in awe and humility. A compulsively good read." -- Paula M. Reeves, author of a Woman's Intuition.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Often humorous, frequently inspiring, always compelling,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fortitude: True Stories of True Grit (Virtue Victorious) (Paperback)
Fortitude: True Stories Of True Grit is an outstanding anthology of stories by ordinary people who conquered extraordinary obstacles. Under the able editorship of Malinda Teel, these 37 true-life tales are grouped into categories: Braving The Elements; Champions Are Made Of This; Facing Illness And Injury; Overcoming Emotional Trauma; The Way We Were At War; Degrees Of Knowledge; Trials Of Working Hours; and Ties That Bind. Fortitude is often humorous, frequently inspiring, always compelling, and highly recommended to anyone who appreciates stories of human courage in adversity, ingenuity in difficulty, and perseverance in hardship.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Unexpectedly Liked It a Lot,
By A Customer
This review is from: Fortitude: True Stories of True Grit (Virtue Victorious) (Paperback)
I'm not much for goo---sentimental stuff, so I probably wouldn't have bought this book myself. But someone gave it to me because he knew one of the writers in it, and so I looked it over. The first story (not by the friend of the friend,)about a guy injured and lost in the wilderness, drew me in, and I have to confess I ended up really liking most of the stories in here. Several of them revolve around tough situations. This is honest stuff. My wife liked it too.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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The extraordinary courage of ordinary people,
By Thomas F. McGowan "TMcG" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fortitude: True Stories of True Grit (Virtue Victorious) (Paperback)
These 38 true stories are authentic, vivid, and cover a wide range of territory. The authors are, by and large, ordinary people who have braved great difficulties -- be it in war, sports, or overcoming health problems or personal challenges. These stories leave you feeling good, and give you hope about what can happen when people meet a challenge with true grit.
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