Good Stories for Great Birthdays

About this eBook

Author

Olcott, Frances Jenkins, 1872-1963

Title

Good stories for great birthdays arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading

Credits

Produced by Chuck Greif, MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

E151: History: America: United States

Subject

South America -- History -- Anecdotes

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55592

Release Date

September 21, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.GOOD STORIES FOR GREAT BIRTHDAYS — FOREWORD — TREATMENT OF HISTORY FOR CHILDREN — SOME OF OUR HEROES — NO HISTORICAL FICTION — TEACHING AMERICAN SOLIDARITY — HELPFUL TO TEACHERS — FOR MOTHERS, ALSO
2. 2.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.OCTOBER 12 COLUMBUS AND DISCOVERER’S DAY — COLUMBUS — THE SEA OF DARKNESS — THE FORTUNATE ISLES — THE ABSURD TRUTH — CATHAY THE GOLDEN — THE EMERALD ISLANDS Columbus’s Day, October 12, 1492 — THE MAGNIFICENT RETURN — THE FATAL PEARLS — The Pearls — The Curse of the Pearls — QUEEN ISABELLA’S PAGE — THE TWIN CITIES — THE PEARLS AGAIN
6. 6.OCTOBER 14 WILLIAM PENN THE FOUNDER OF PENNSYLVANIA — THE BOY OF GREAT TOWER HILL — HE WORE IT AS LONG AS HE COULD — THE PEACEMAKER — WESTWARD HO, AND AWAY! — THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE — THE PLACE OF KINGS — ONAS
7. 7.OCTOBER 27 THEODORE ROOSEVELT AMERICA’S HERO — THE SQUARE DEAL — THE BOY WHO GREW STRONG — SAGAMORE HILL His Home at Oyster Bay From Roosevelt’s Autobiography — THE CHILDREN OF SAGAMORE HILL — OFF WITH JOHN BURROUGHS From Roosevelt’s Autobiography — THE BIG STICK — A-HUNTING TREES WITH JOHN MUIR From Roosevelt’s Autobiography — THE BEAR HUNTERS’ DINNER From Roosevelt’s Autobiography — HUNTING IN AFRICA From Roosevelt’s Autobiography — THE EVER FAITHFUL ISLAND — THE COLONEL OF THE ROUGH RIDERS — THE RIVER OF DOUBT — THEODORE ROOSEVELT
8. 8.OCTOBER 30 JOHN ADAMS THE SON OF LIBERTY SECOND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES — INDEPENDENCE DAY — A SON OF LIBERTY — THE ADAMS FAMILY — AID TO THE SISTER COLONY — A FAMOUS DATE — WHAT A GLORIOUS MORNING! — JOHN TO SAMUEL — A GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA — THE BOY WHO BECAME PRESIDENT — HOW SHALL THE STARS BE PLACED? — THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER — HIS LAST TOAST
9. 9.NOVEMBER 15 WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF CHATHAM DEFENDER OF AMERICA — THIS TERRIBLE CORNET OF HORSE — THE CHARTER OF LIBERTY The Signing of the Magna Carta, 1215 — AMERICA’S DEFENDER — THE SONS OF LIBERTY — A LAST SCENE
10. 10.DECEMBER 2 DOM PEDRO THE SECOND THE MAGNANIMOUS THE BEST REPUBLICAN IN BRAZIL — FREEDOM IN BRAZIL — THE BRAZILS MAGNIFICENT — THE EMPIRE OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS — MAKING THE LITTLE EMPEROR — THE PATRIOT EMPEROR — I — II — III — IV — THE UNITED STATES OF BRAZIL
11. 11.DECEMBER 20 WILLIAM BRADFORD AND THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS — THE PILGRIM FATHERS — THE FATHER OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES — THE SAVAGE NEW WORLD — WELCOME, ENGLISHMEN! — LOST! LOST! A BOY! — THE RATTLESNAKE CHALLENGE — THE GREAT DROUGHT
12. 12.JANUARY 7 GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAM “OLD PUT” — SEEING BOSTON — THE FIGHT WITH THE WOLF — FROM PLOUGH TO CAMP — HE MADE WASHINGTON LAUGH — A GENEROUS FOE — PUTNAM NOT FORGOTTEN!
13. 13.JANUARY 11 ALEXANDER HAMILTON DEFENDER OF THE CONSTITUTION THE CONSTITUTION; OR, THE NEW ROOF 1787 — ALEXANDER HAMILTON — THE BOY OF THE HURRICANE — CALL COLONEL HAMILTON — A STRUGGLE — “HE KNOWS EVERYTHING”
14. 14.JANUARY 17 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN THE AMERICAN SOCRATES — OUR COUNTRY Dr. Benjamin Franklin to General George Washington — THE WHISTLE Told by Franklin Himself — THE CANDLE-MAKER’S BOY — THE BOY OF THE PRINTING PRESS — THE THREE ROLLS — STANDING BEFORE KINGS — THE WONDERFUL KITE EXPERIMENT — THE RISING SUN — TO MY FRIEND From Franklin’s Will and Testament
15. 15.FEBRUARY 12 ABRAHAM LINCOLN THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR — THE CABIN IN THE CLEARING — HOW HE LEARNED TO BE JUST — OFF TO NEW ORLEANS — THE KINDNESS OF LINCOLN — The Little Birds — Rescuing the Pig — Opening Their Eyes — LINCOLN AND THE CHILDREN — Hurrah for Lincoln! — Only Eight of Us, Sir! — He’s Beautiful! — Please Let Your Beard Grow — Three Little Girls — THE PRESIDENT AND THE BIBLE — WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN SPEAK A LINCOLN ORDER To the Army and Navy — ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE DEDICATION OF THE GETTYSBURG NATIONAL CEMETERY
16. 16.FEBRUARY 22 GEORGE WASHINGTON THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY — LINCOLN ON WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY — THE BOY IN THE VALLEY — WASHINGTON’S MOTHER — WASHINGTON’S WEDDING DAY — WASHINGTON AND THE CHILDREN — I — II — THE LITTLE GIRL AND THE RED COATS — NELLIE AND LITTLE WASHINGTON — SEEING THE PRESIDENT — NELSON THE HERO — CARING FOR THE GUEST Told by the Guest Himself — THOUGHTFUL OF OTHERS — THE CINCINNATUS OF THE WEST — BROTHER JONATHAN — THE BLOODY FOOTPRINTS — AN APPEAL TO GOD — FRIEND GREENE — LIGHT HORSE HARRY — I — II — III — CAPTAIN MOLLY — THE SOLDIER BARON — FATHER THADDEUS — THE LITTLE FRIEND IN FRONT STREET — FAREWELL! MY GENERAL! FAREWELL! December 4, 1783 — FROM “WASHINGTON’S LEGACY” OR HIS LETTER TO THE GOVERNORS OF ALL THE STATES — A KING OF MEN — WHEN WASHINGTON DIED
17. 17.FEBRUARY 25 JOSE DE SAN MARTIN OF ARGENTINA THE PROTECTOR — THE BOY SOLDIER — THE PATRIOT WHO KEPT FAITH — WHEN SAN MARTIN CAME — ARGENTINA’S INDEPENDENCE DAY July 9, 1816 — A GREAT IDEA — THE MIGHTY ANDES — THE REAL SAN MARTIN — THE FIGHTING ENGINEER OF THE ANDES — THE HANNIBAL OF THE ANDES — I — II — NOT FOR HIMSELF — COCHRANE, EL DIABLO — OUR BROTHERS, YE SHALL BE FREE! — THE FALL OF THE CITY OF THE KINGS — SAN MARTIN THE CONQUEROR — The Mother and her Three Sons — The Little Girl Who Was Bashful — Another Little Girl — The Best Cigar — Duty Before the General — LIMA’S GREATEST DAY July 28, 1821, Peru’s Independence Day — HAIL! NEIGHBOUR REPUBLICS! — AMERICA FOR THE AMERICANS — WHAT ONE AMERICAN DID October 9, 1820 — THE AMAZING MEETING — BOLIVAR! — WHAT HAPPENED AFTERWARD — THE MYSTERY SOLVED
18. 18.MARCH 15 ANDREW OLD HICKORY — MISCHIEVOUS ANDY — READING THE DECLARATION — OUT AGAINST TARLETON — AN ORPHAN OF THE REVOLUTION — THE HOOTING IN THE WILDERNESS — FORT MIMS — DAVY CROCKETT “Go ahead!” Davy Crockett’s motto — CHIEF WEATHERFORD — SAM HOUSTON — WHY JACKSON WAS NAMED OLD HICKORY — THE COTTON-BALES — AFTER THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS
19. 19.APRIL 13 THOMAS JEFFERSON THE FRAMER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE — THE FOURTH OF JULY 1826 — THE BOY OWNER OF SHADWELL FARM — A CHRISTMAS GUEST — THE AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION — PROCLAIM LIBERTY July 4, 1776 — ONLY A REPRIEVE — ON THE FOURTH OF JULY 1826
20. 20.MAY 29 PATRICK HENRY THE ORATOR OF THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE — TO THE READER — THE ORATOR OF THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE — A Surprise to All — A Failure that was a Success — Give me Liberty or Give me Death! — FACING DANGER
21. 21.JUNE 9 FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA OF VENEZUELA THE FLAMING SON OF LIBERTY — THE SPANISH GALLEONS — I — II — III — THE ROMANCE OF MIRANDA — THE MYSTERY SHIP — THE END OF THE MYSTERY SHIP — THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS FIFTH — A TERRIBLE THING — END OF THE ROMANCE
22. 22.JUNE 23-24 ROGER WILLIAMS AND THE FOUNDING OF PROVIDENCE — GOD MAKES A PATH — ROGER, THE BOY — SOUL LIBERTY — WHAT CHEER! Providence Founded 1636 — RISKING HIS LIFE — I — II
23. 23.JULY 6 JOHN PAUL JONES AMERICA’S IMMORTAL SEA-FIGHTER — PAUL JONES — THE BOY OF THE SOLWAY — DON’T TREAD ON ME! — DON’T TREAD ON ME! — THE FIRST SALUTE — THE POOR RICHARD — MICKLE’S THE MISCHIEF HE HAS DUNE — PAUL JONES HIMSELF — SOME OF HIS SAYINGS
24. 24.JULY 24 SIMON BOLIVAR OF VENEZUELA THE LIBERATOR — BOLIVAR — THE PRECIOUS JEWEL — THE FIERY YOUNG PATRIOT — SEEING BOLIVAR — Death or Liberty — UNCLE PAEZ—THE LION OF THE APURE — ANGOSTURA February 15, 1819 — THE CROSSING — PERU NEXT — THE BREAK — BOLIVAR THE MAN — I — II
25. 25.AUGUST 20 BERNARDO O’HIGGINS FIRST SOLDIER, FIRST CITIZEN OF CHILE — O’HIGGINS — THE SON OF THE BAREFOOT BOY — THE SINGLE STAR FLAG — THE HERO OF RANCAGUA — COMPANIONS-IN-ARMS — THE PATRIOT RULER — FIRST SOLDIER, FIRST CITIZEN — CHILE AS SHE IS — ONE OF TWENTY — THE BETTER WAY
26. 26.SEPTEMBER 6 THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE THE FRIEND OF AMERICA — LAFAYETTE SAID WHEN OFFERING HIS SERVICES TO CONGRESS — JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, TO LAFAYETTE On Bidding Him Farewell, in 1825 — I WILL JOIN THE AMERICANS! — IN AMERICA — ON THE FIELD NEAR CAMDEN — THE BANNER OF THE MORAVIAN NUNS — LOYAL TO THE CHIEF — WE ARE GRATEFUL, LAFAYETTE! — SOME OF WASHINGTON’S HAIR — WELCOME! FRIEND OF AMERICA! 1824-25
27. 27.SEPTEMBER 24 JOHN MARSHALL THE EXPOUNDER OF THE CONSTITUTION — THE BOY OF THE FRONTIER — In a Log Cabin — Off to the Blue Ridge — Making an American — Give Me Liberty! — Give me Liberty or give me Death! — THE YOUNG LIEUTENANT — SERVING THE CAUSE — AT VALLEY FORGE — SILVER HEELS — WITHOUT BREAD Told by John Marshall’s Sister — HIS MOTHER — HIS FATHER — THREE STORIES — What was in the Saddlebags — Eating Cherries — Learned in the Law of Nations — THE CONSTITUTION — EXPOUNDING THE CONSTITUTION — THE GREAT CHIEF JUSTICE — Respected by All — The True Man — WHAT OF THE CONSTITUTION?
28. 28.ENVOY
29. 29.APPENDIX FOR TEACHERS AND STORY-TELLERS
30. 30.APPENDIX — I — II — SPANISH AMERICA — PORTUGUESE AMERICA
31. 31.SUBJECT INDEX

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