In 'The Lord of the Rings', the _real_ hero was
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You... might want to reread? The book ends with Sam seeing Frodo off into the West, returning to Rose, and saying "I'm back." Not with Aragorn's coronation.
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Well they can't exactly call it "Sam Returns Home", that would be a spoiler. More seriously, a writer would tend to pay more attention to choices and endings than to story titles if they don't match - the latter is telling-not-showing.
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“Return of the Gardner”
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"Return of the King" was chosen by the publisher without Tolkien's input. He wanted the last part (of 6, not 3) to be called "The End of the Third Age."
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Not quite: Tolkien did offer the individual book titles when the publisher asked for them, but they were an afterthought and he wasn't very happy with them.
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Yes, Sam is the King. The opening line of the Fellowship's Prologue: "This book is largely concerned with Hobbits." Upon his return Sam literally lead the Shire for 49 years until he left for The Undying Lands. The Red Book was created by Sam's decedents.
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