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Excerpt from Fighters Young Americans Want to Know: Heroes of Our Country's WarsThese stories are taken from the different struggles in Which the United States has been engaged, and all of them are authentic. Many have not been recorded.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...

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 A Jersey Boy in the RevolutionThis tale has therefore been written in the modest hope that it may stimulate the boys and girls of the present generation to learn more concerning the principles for which their fathers contended, and that they may not consider them least among the possessions which are now their own.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgott...

Excerpt from Four Boys in the YosemiteThis book, as the reader at once Will see, is not a book of travels, but is rather the story of the travels of four boys. It requires slight knowledge of live American boys to understand that, When they visit such a place as the Yo semite Valley, they Will discover many things not described in the guidebooks, and Will have many experiences unlike those of their elders. Many of the incidents incorporated in...

Excerpt from Carl Hall of TaitS this the way to East Hall? Yes. Going there? That's what I am, but I lost my way coming up from the station.I'm going right past it myself. I'll be glad to have you come with me. Can I give you a lift with your bag? Carlton Hall repressed the smile that rose to his lips and good-naturedly looked at the boy before him.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Fi...

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Excerpt from Scouting With General FunstonIn this story I have tried to be faithful to the facts and to avoid arousing the prejudice or anger of my young readers against an unfortunate people.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 rec...

Excerpt from The Story of General PershingThe purpose of the writer of this little book is merely to tell the story in outline of the career of the commander of the American Ex peditionary Forces in France. The modesty of General Pershing has kept his name out of print to a greater extent than in the case of many of our prominent men. His advancement also came rapidly in these recent years. As a result of these two conditions many of the fello...

Excerpt from Stories of the American Revolution, Vol. 1The foundation of these stories is historically true. The incidents of home-life, of the struggles of the women and children who were left to defend themselves as best they could, of the privations, bravery, and heroism of those who never went upon a battlefield, have been too much neglected. The men who shouldered their muskets, and at the peril of their lives went forth to meet the foe, ...

Excerpt from Washington's Young Aids: A Story of the New Jersey Campaign, 1776-1777I have endeavored in this story to give my readers a reason-ably correct picture of the struggle in New Jersey during the campaign of 1776-7. The old records have given me authority for the setting of all portions of the story, for there is nothing recorded hcre for which a counterpart in history cannot be found.The messengers General Washington sent to General ...

Excerpt from The War for IndependenceThis book is an attempt on the part of the writer to bring before the minds of the boys and girls of the present some of the deeds of their forefathers, the price that was paid for the liberties which we enjoy. The stories are true. If they shall prove to be inter esting and lead to a more careful reading of the history of the early days, the labor will not have been in vain. More than dates or even facts a...

Excerpt from A Leader of Freemen: The Life Story of Samuel Chapman Armstrong, Brevet Brigadier-General, U. S. AGeneral Armstrong had two qualities that distinguished him from others. In his life he did not drift and he did have a mark at which he was aiming. And because he had these two qualities there are thousands today who honor his memory as they do that of very few.Years ago one winter day there was a sharp contest in the band of boys who...

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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...

About the Book A Biographical work provides a detailed description of a person's life own like (autobiography), or that of another person's life (biography). A biographical work delves deeply into a person's experience of major life events, including intimate details of these experiences, and are likely to include assessments of character and personality traits. Titles include tips on how to write a biography. About usTrieste Publishing's aim ...

Excerpt from Stories of the American Revolution, Vol. 2A great history does not of necessity always mean a long history. The war of the American Revolution may not be great when it is considered in the light of a war, but it certainly is great as an event. Those heroic struggles of our fore fathers are as worthy of remembrance as the country they bequeathed us is worthy of preserva tion. Indeed, the two in a sense may be said to be joined. The...

Excerpt from Stories of the American Revolution, Vol. 1The foundation of these stories is historically true. The incidents of home-life, of the struggles of the women and children who were left to defend themselves as best they could, of the privations, bravery, and heroism of those who never went upon a battlefield, have been too much neglected. The men who shouldered their muskets, and at the peril of their lives went forth to meet the foe, ...

Excerpt from Fighters Young Americans Want to Know: Heroes of Our Country's Wars These stories are taken from the different struggles in which the United States has been engaged, and all of them are authentic. Many have not been recorded. 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 Bo...

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