Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans

About this eBook

Author

Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902

Credits

Juliet Sutherland, Michael Lockey and PG Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

E151: History: America: United States

Subject

United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

eBook-No.

10070

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10070

Release Date

November 1, 2003

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans — by Edward Eggleston — 1895 — Contents
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.STORIES OF GREAT AMERICANS.
4. 4.MARQUETTE IN IOWA.
5. 5.INDIAN PICTURES.
6. 6.WILLIAM PENN AND THE INDIANS.
7. 7.ONE LITTLE BAG OF RICE
8. 8.THE STORY OF A WISE WOMAN.
9. 9.FRANKLIN HIS OWN TEACHER.
10. 10.HOW FRANKLIN FOUND OUT THINGS.
11. 11.FRANKLIN ASKS THE SUNSHINE SOMETHING.
12. 12.FRANKLIN AND THE KITE.
13. 13.FRANKLIN’S WHISTLE.
14. 14.TOO MUCH FOR THE WHISTLE
15. 15.JOHN STARK AND THE INDIANS.
16. 16.A GREAT GOOD MAN.
17. 17.PUTNAM AND THE WOLF.
18. 18.WASHINGTON AND HIS HATCHET
19. 19.HOW BENNY WEST LEARNED TO BE A PAINTER.
20. 20.WASHINGTON’S CHRISTMAS GIFT.
21. 21.HOW WASHINGTON GOT OUT OF A TRAP.
22. 22.WASHINGTON’S LAST BATTLE.
23. 23.MARION’S TOWER.
24. 24.CLARK AND HIS MEN.
25. 25.DANIEL BOONE AND HIS GRAPEVINE SWING.
26. 26.DANIEL BOONE’S DAUGHTER AND HER FRIENDS.
27. 27.DECATUR AND THE PIRATES.
28. 28.STORIES ABOUT JEFFERSON.
29. 29.A LONG JOURNEY.
30. 30.CAPTAIN CLARK’S BURNING GLASS.
31. 31.QUICKSILVER BOB.
32. 32.THE FIRST STEAMBOAT.
33. 33.WASHINGTON IRVING AS A BOY.
34. 34.DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP.
35. 35.GRANDFATHER’S RHYME.
36. 36.THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER.
37. 37.HOW AUDUBON CAME TO KNOW ABOUT BIRDS.
38. 38.AUDUBON IN THE WILD WOODS.
39. 39.HUNTING A PANTHER.
40. 40.SOME BOYS WHO BECAME AUTHORS.
41. 41.DANIEL WEBSTER AND HIS BROTHER.
42. 42.WEBSTER AND THE POOR WOMAN.
43. 43.THE INDIA-RUBBER MAN.
44. 44.DOCTOR KANE IN THE FROZEN SEA.
45. 45.A DINNER ON THE ICE.
46. 46.DOCTOR KANE GETS OUT OF THE FROZEN SEA.
47. 47.LONGFELLOW AS A BOY.
48. 48.KIT CARSON AND THE BEARS.
49. 49.HORACE GREELEY AS A BOY.
50. 50.HORACE GREELEY LEARNING TO PRINT.
51. 51.A WONDERFUL WOMAN.
52. 52.THE AUTHOR OF “LITTLE WOMEN.”
53. 53.MY KINGDOM.
54. 54.A SONG FROM THE SUDS.

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