Henry von Rootbaum

Bio
Henry von Rootbaum is a Dutch hero who Mrs. Howell compares the Skipper to in How to Be a Hero. According to her, he was the boy who stuck his finger in the dike that saved the city of Amsterdam.

Trivia

 * The story of the boy at the dike is not a Dutch legend; it is actually an American story from "Leak at the Dyke," a piece of poetry by Phoebe Cary taken from "Hans Brinker," a novel by writer Mary Maples Dodge.

Episode(s)

 * How to Be a Hero