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Whom do you consider the greatest hero you’ve read, and why?

by Dietrich

The answer to that has changed over the years. Early in my reading life I would have named Robin Hood, Zoro, Tarzan, Shane, and Hawkeye. As I got a little older, it became True Grit’s Rooster Cogburn. I think I liked that he had an extra dimension that my previous heroes — he wasn’t all good, in fact he had some pretty rough edges — like real people.

Harper Lee’s Atticus Finch was wise and a straight shooter. He didn’t lo...