Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Kind (of) America: 101 Stories about the True Spirit of Our Country
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Kind (of) America: 101 Stories about the True Spirit of Our Country
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Overview
This is the America that we know and love, the one filled with citizens, new and old, who work hard, perform random acts of kindness, and see a path to a better future.
Read about:
- The African American woman who takes comfort in recalling that her mother, as a child in the segregated South, was welcomed to the front of the bus by her white neighbors.
- The friendship that developed between a Florida mosque and the elderly Jewish residents of a highrise next door after a hurricane knocked out power and members of the mosque carried food and water to the stranded residents for days.
- The injured football coach who gave half the proceeds from a town fundraiser for his benefit to another injured resident who needed the money as well.
- The Ferguson, Missouri restaurant that was protected from looting by a chain of its customers standing arm in arm.
- The couple who bought a gift card for a struggling military family in a restaurant, only to discover other patrons had already done the same.
- The Latin American immigrant who cleaned houses and scraped together money for her education, becoming California State Teacher of the Year.
… and 95 more stories that will make you proud to be an American.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781611592733 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Chicken Soup for the Soul |
| Publication date: | 08/29/2017 |
| Series: | Chicken Soup for the Soul Series |
| Sold by: | SIMON & SCHUSTER |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 400 |
| File size: | 6 MB |
About the Author
Table of Contents
1 Our Common Ground
1 Faith to Faith Frank Stern 1
2 Sunrise Pizza Sabrina Forest 5
3 The Folded Flap Linda Ann Feist 9
4 Getting to Know the Sicilian Melissa Wootan 12
5 America Carried Me Julia Pfeiffer 16
6 Just Lucky Victoria Fedden 19
7 Working at the Muslim Community Center Allison Yates 22
8 The Kindness of Strangers Carol Nash Smith 25
9 Provisions Miriam Van Scott 28
2 Speaking Up for What's Right
10 The Other Bus Story Cynthia M. Gary 35
11 Keeper of the Principles Laura Sue Wilansky 38
12 Pats on the Back Melissa Edmondson 42
13 The Top of the Stairs Shirley P. Gumert 46
14 Bridging a Gap Jane Self 49
15 Making Choices Marianne Fosnow 53
16 Sleeping on the Street Elizabeth Harsany 56
17 Being Black in a White World Benny Wasserman 59
18 There's No Place like Ommmmm Kelly Sullivan Walden 63
3 3,000 Miles of Kindness
19 Audrey and Annie Audrey Ades Annie Friedman 71
20 South Dakota Hospitality Marsha Warren Mittman 76
21 A Side of Kindness, Please, Courtney Lynn Mroch 80
22 A Gift at the Bank Noelle Sterne 83
23 Sheltered Beneath the Open Sky Ilana Long 85
24 Small Fortune at the Car Wash Alf Pettersen 89
25 The Guest Room Sayzie Koldys 92
26 Soldier's Homecoming Carla Erin Wiggins 96
27 Sam and the Visitor Natalie M. Rotunda 99
28 Serving Dinner to Friends Stephen Rusiniak 103
29 Paying It Forward Ann Morrow 106
4 Honoring Those Who Defend Us
30 Random Acts of Breakfast Miriam Van Scott 113
31 Faith, Hope, Life K. Michael Ware 116
32 Make America Grateful Again Natalie J. Reilly 120
33 Saluting the Flag Linda Morel 123
34 The Christmas Tree Vincent Olson 127
35 Angels Unaware Sunday Pearson 129
36 Seventh-Inning Stretch Kristi Adams 132
37 Filled with Kindness Linda O'Connell 135
38 The Least We Can Do Lynn Yates 138
39 But It's Our Rule… Robbie Iobst 141
5 Community of Caring
40 My Ferguson Sioux Roslawski 147
41 Carmen's Gift Bernice Angoh 151
42 The Biggest Hearts L.A. Strucke 155
43 Please Don't Leave Tracy Rusiniak 158
44 It Will All Work Out Lorraine Cannistra 161
45 The Escape Karen Cooper 165
46 Circle of Kindness Lou Zywicki Prudhomme 169
47 The American Thing to Do Tiffany O'Connor 173
48 Turn-About Thanksgiving Susan Trough 176
49 Dinner and a Movie Mary Anglin-Coulter 180
50 The Gift of Wisdom Kathryn Kingsbury 183
6 A Vibrant Melting Pot
51 Ode to Buffalo Kelly Bakshi 191
52 Truly America Zehra Hussain 195
53 The American Team Mark Rickerby 197
54 An Immigrant's Daughter Heidi Gaul 200
55 Nine, Twelve, and Fourteen Lauren B. H. Rossato 203
56 Education for Everyone Nell Musolf 206
57 An American Wall David Hull 209
58 A Melting Pot Wedding Megan Pincus Kajitani 212
59 We the People Amanda Yardley Luzzader 214
60 Americans in Paris Keri Lindenmuth 218
7 Where Kindness Counts
61 Welcome to Tent City Kristen Mai Pham 225
62 The Lady in Seat 26B Katelyn Stanis 228
63 Helping Hands Julie Isaac 231
64 The Cookie Gauntlet Rhonda Dragomir 236
65 A Cast of Characters Nancy Emmick Panko 240
66 Two Guys Garrett Bauman 244
67 The Streets Are Not Paved with Gold Eva Carter 248
68 Highway Breakdown Susan Maddy Jones 252
69 Simple Gifts Ceil Ryan 256
70 Out of the Mouths of Strangers Gretchen Bossier 260
71 Wrapped in Love Jill Burns 264
8 Making Things Happen
72 Making School Cool Darlene Sneden 271
73 A Little Birdie Sheila Taylor-Clark 275
74 An Encounter with the President Leo Pacheco 278
75 A Spark Georgia A. Brackett 281
76 Quilting Comfort Jeffree Wyn Itrich 284
77 Caught Doing Good Judith M. Lukin 288
78 The Kindness Rocks Project Megan Murphy 292
79 Recipe for an Open Heart Susan Rothrock Deo 295
80 Seeing a Need Jeanne Jacoby Smith 299
81 The Good Fairy Returns SuzAnne C. Cole 302
9 Our Dynamic New Citizens
82 Mission Accomplished Eva Carter 307
83 A Special Kind of Support Isela Jacome Lieber 311
84 Rescue Derek Hawkins 314
85 Safe Harbor Jen P. Simmons 317
86 The Citizens' Daughter Gwen Navarrete Klapperich 321
87 The Price of Peace Becky S. Tompkins 324
88 From the Mideast to the Midwest Anthony Clark 327
89 American Sharon Beth A. Molinaro 331
90 They Call Me "Friend" Lisa M. Bartelt 334
91 Back to Basics Hema Nataraju 338
10 Role Models
92 Letters from America Adrienne A. Aguirre 345
93 I'll Rise and Fight Again April Knight 348
94 And Then There Were Eight Dehra Ann Pawlak 351
95 The Whistling Postman Dorann Weber 354
96 Touch a Life with a Cup of Coffee JP Waggoner 358
97 Going Bald for a Cause Katie O'Connell 361
98 Love Wins Nicole V. Bingaman 364
99 American Courage Thomas R. Hurd 368
100 The Generosity of a Stranger Sayzie Koldys 373
101 It's a Wonderful World Stephanie Pifer-Stone 376
Meet Our Contributors 379
Meet Amy Newmark 397
Thank You 399
About Chicken Soup for the Soul 400