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Excerpt from History of the United States The chief aim of the author in compiling this book is to awaken an abiding interest in the history of our country. To this end the narrative style, grouping facts together with direct reference to cause and effect, has been adopted. Chronology, the dread of the average young student, has been arranged in marginal notes, thus presenting a more than usually complete list of dates without detracting fro...

Excerpt from Lafayette, the Friend of American Liberty The 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 ...

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...

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 ...

Excerpt from The Story of Our Country: A Primary History of the United States It 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...

Excerpt from Builders of Our Nation History 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 evolution of our nation, with its English speech and English traditions, so simply that the recital may be comprehended quite as clearly...

Excerpt from The Story of Ulysses S. Grant, for Young Readers Jesse 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 F...

Excerpt from The Story of Patrick Henry, for Young Readers While 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 Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct ...

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