Hero Tales from History
Smith Burnham
Hero Tales from History
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HERO TALES FROM HISTORY
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
MIGHTY MEN OF LONG AGO
MOSES, THE GREATEST LAW-GIVER, AND THE MEEKEST MAN
DAVID, THE GIANT-KILLER KING
HOMER, THE HERO POET OF ANCIENT GREECE
SOCRATES, THE “GRAND OLD MAN” OF GREECE
ALEXANDER, THE BOY WHO CONQUERED THE WORLD
FOUR FAMILIAR SAYINGS OF JULIUS CÆSAR
HEROES OF THE MIDDLE AGES
THE CHRISTMAS CROWNING OF CHARLEMAGNE
ALFRED, THE GREATEST OF THE SAXON KINGS
HOW WILLIAM OF NORMANDY CONQUERED A KINGDOM
LION-HEARTED RICHARD AND WOLF-HEARTED JOHN
JOAN OF ARC AND THE LILIES OF FRANCE
FOUR LEADERS IN THE OLD WORLD
SHAKESPEARE, THE GREATEST MAKER OF PLAYS
HOW CROMWELL CHANGED PLACES WITH THE KING
NAPOLEON, THE CORSICAN BOY WHO RULED EUROPE
NELSON, THE HERO OF TRAFALGAR
DISCOVERERS AND EXPLORERS
COLUMBUS, THE MAP-MAKER WHO FOUND A NEW WORLD
MAGELLAN, THE MAN OF THE STRAITS
CORTES, THE CONQUEROR
DE SOTO, A GOLD HUNTER IN SOUTHERN SWAMPS
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, ENGLAND’S FIRST GREAT SAILOR
SIR WALTER RALEIGH, THE FAVORITE OF GOOD QUEEN BESS
HENRY HUDSON, THE MAN WHO PUT HIMSELF ON THE MAP
LA SALLE AND THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI
LIVINGSTONE, THE WHITE MAN OF THE DARK CONTINENT
PEARY, A HERO OF THE GREAT WHITE NORTH
COLONISTS AND PIONEERS
JOHN SMITH, THE CAPTAIN OF MANY ADVENTURES
CHAMPLAIN, THE FATHER OF NEW FRANCE
MYLES STANDISH, THE BRAVE LITTLE CAPTAIN OF PLYMOUTH
JOHN WINTHROP, A PURITAN MAKER OF MASSACHUSETTS
ROGER WILLIAMS, A MINISTER WHO LIVED THE GOLDEN RULE
LORD BALTIMORE, CALVERT AND CLAIBORNE, THE THREE FATHERS OF MARYLAND
WILLIAM PENN, THE FOUNDER OF PENNSYLVANIA
PATRIOTS OF THE REVOLUTION
PATRICK HENRY, THE “FIREBRAND OF THE REVOLUTION”
NATHAN HALE, WHO SPOKE THE BRAVEST WORDS IN HISTORY
LAFAYETTE, THE BOY HERO OF TWO WORLDS
THE IMMORTAL REPLY OF JOHN PAUL JONES
GENERAL MARION, THE CAROLINA “SWAMP FOX”
WINNERS OF THE WEST
WOLFE AND MONTCALM, THE RIVAL HEROES OF QUEBEC
DANIEL BOONE, THE GREAT INDIAN FIGHTER OF KENTUCKY
GEORGE ROGERS CLARK, THE YOUNG HERO WITH A GREAT IDEA
LEWIS AND CLARK, TWO ADVENTURERS IN THE FAR WEST
DAVY CROCKETT, THE HERO OF THE ALAMO
FAMOUS INVENTORS
HOW ELI WHITNEY MADE COTTON KING
“FULTON’S FOLLY”
HOW MORSE SENT LETTERS BY LIGHTNING
CYRUS H. M’CORMICK AND THE STORY OF THE REAPER
ELIAS HOWE AND HIS SEWING MACHINE
EDISON, THE WIZARD OF MANY INVENTIONS
THE GREATEST AMERICANS
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, THE BOY WHO WAS DILIGENT IN BUSINESS
GEORGE WASHINGTON AND HIS MOTHER
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, THE ORPHAN BOY FROM THE WEST INDIES
THOMAS JEFFERSON, THE FATHER OF DEMOCRACY
ANDREW JACKSON, AMERICA’S MOST POPULAR HERO
WEBSTER, CLAY, CALHOUN, THREE GREAT CHAMPIONS IN CONGRESS
THE KIND HEART OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
ULYSSES S. GRANT, THE GENERAL WHO HATED WAR
THE NOBLE SOUL OF ROBERT E. LEE
DAVY FARRAGUT, THE HERO OF MOBILE BAY
THE STRENUOUS LIFE OF ROOSEVELT
CLARA BARTON, “THE ANGEL OF THE BATTLEFIELD”
HENRY W. LONGFELLOW, THE AMERICAN CHILDREN’S POET
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