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Excerpt from Lafayette, the Friend of American LibertyThe story of the Marquis de Lafayette forms one of the most interesting chapters in the history of human liberty. To understand clearly the nature of Lafayette's services, both to America and to the whole world, we must first think of the conditions of life at the beginning of his career, and then contrast them with those which now prevail. One hundred and forty years ago, when Lafayette wa...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from The Story of the Indians of New EnglandIN a History of the United States, the fate of the Indian is only an incident in the settlement of the country.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving...

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Excerpt from The Story of Our Country: A Primary History of the United StatesIt is the aim of this little book to awaken such an abiding personal interest in the story of our country, that the after-study in the more advanced history of the United States may be a pleasant task.The author has attempted, without undue boasting, to show how the many feeble colonies, remote from each other and planted under such different circumstances, united at ...

Excerpt from The Story of Ulysses S. Grant, for Young ReadersJesse Root Grant was a young tanner who lived in Clermont County, Ohio. It is said that his ancestors belonged to a Scottish clan whose motto was: Stand fast, stand firm, stand sure.His great-grandfather, honest Matthew Grant, landed on Nantasket Beach, in Massachusetts, in 1630, just ten years after the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock. His grandfather was a soldier in the French an...

Excerpt from History of the United StatesThe greatest seamen of the time were the Portuguese. Prince Henry, the Navigator, declared that India might be reached by sailing around Africa, but people then looked on such an expedition much as they look to-day on a trip to the North Pole.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an ...

Excerpt from The Story of Patrick Henry, for Young ReadersWhile one was a baby rocking in his cradle, the other was still so small that he played about in dresses like a girl.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work...

Excerpt from Builders of Our NationHistory as a subject for study should appeal with special force to children. The degree of interest, with which it makes its appeal, depends largely upon whether the child's introduction to the subject attracts or repels.It is the author's desire, therefore, to trace the evolu tion of our nation, with its English speech and English traditions, so simply that the recital may be compre hended quite as clearly b...

About the Book Books about United States History for Juveniles discuss the migration of Indigenous people to the North American continent, the discovery of Christopher Columbus, the American War of Independence, the Civil War and other conflicts, as well as many other topics. Titles include: Four American naval heroes: Paul Jones, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Farragut, Admiral Dewey: a book for young Americans, Four American Patriots, a Book for Y...

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Excerpt from The Story of Alexander Hamilton for Young Readers In the British West Indies there is a little island called Nevis. The cliffs along its coast are high, and the waves beat against them day and night. A hundred and fifty years ago there were more French than English people in Nevis, but the English were hurrying as fast as they could to occupy the island, because it was so fertile and was such a fine shipping station. About the ...

Four American Patriots - Patrick Henry. Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scienti...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

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