Hero Tales from History. Smith Burnham
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Smith Burnham
Hero Tales from History
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066154011
Table of Contents
MOSES, THE GREATEST LAW-GIVER, AND THE MEEKEST MAN
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
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
SHAKESPEARE, THE GREATEST MAKER OF PLAYS
HOW CROMWELL CHANGED PLACES WITH THE KING
NAPOLEON, THE CORSICAN BOY WHO RULED EUROPE
COLUMBUS, THE MAP-MAKER WHO FOUND A NEW WORLD
MAGELLAN, THE MAN OF THE STRAITS
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
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
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”
WOLFE AND MONTCALM, THE RIVAL HEROES OF QUEBEC
DANIEL BOONE, THE GREAT INDIAN FIGHTER OF KENTUCKY