Who needs tall tales, legends, and myths when the turmoil and tribulation that resulted in the birth of the United States is chock-full of inspiring deeds and triumphs? In this volume, noted historian and statesman Henry Cabot Lodge compiles a collection of tales from different points in American history with the help of none other than President Theodore Roosevelt. A great source of bedtime stories for kids interested in American history.
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- HERO TALES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY
- Contents
- George Washington
- Daniel Boone and the Founding of Kentucky
- George Rogers Clark and the Conquest of the Northwest
- The Battle of Trenton
- Bennington
- King's Mountain
- The Storming of Stony Point
- Gouverneur Morris
- The Burning of the "Philadelphia"
- The Cruise of the "Wasp"
- The "General Armstrong" Privateer
- The Battle of New Orleans
- John Quincy Adams and the Right of Petition
- Francis Parkman
- "Remember the Alamo"
- Hampton Roads
- The Flag
- The Death of Stonewall Jackson
- The Charge at Gettysburg
- General Grant and the Vicksburg Campaign
- Robert Gould Shaw
- Charles Russell Lowell
- Sheridan at Cedar Creek
- Lieutenant Cushing and the Ram "Albemarle"
- Farragut at Mobile Bay
- Lincoln