Hero Tales From History

About this eBook

Author

Burnham, Smith, 1866-1947

Title

Hero Tales from History

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

CT: History: Biography

Subject

Heroes

Category

Text

eBook-No.

49356

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49356

Release Date

July 3, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HERO TALES FROM HISTORY
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.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
6. 6.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
7. 7.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
8. 8.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
9. 9.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
10. 10.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”
11. 11.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
12. 12.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
13. 13.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
14. 14.INDEX

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