Brief biographies from American history, for the fifth and sixth gradesFront matterReading editionChapter navigation50 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterBRIEF BIOGRAPHIES FROM AMERICAN HISTORYPREFACEPUBLISHERS’ NOTELeif the LuckyMarco Polo A Famous TravelerChristopher Columbus The Great AdmiralFerdinand De Soto The Discoverer of the Mississippi RiverJohn Cabot The Discoverer of the Continent of North AmericaSir Francis Drake A Famous English AdventurerSir Walter Raleigh The Father of American ColonizationCaptain John SmithPocahontas An Indian PrincessMiles Standish A Pilgrim LeaderJohn Winthrop A Puritan GovernorRoger Williams An Advocate of Religious LibertyHenry HudsonPeter MinuitPeter Stuyvesant The Last Dutch Governor of New YorkSamuel de Champlain The Father of New FranceRobert de la Salle The Explorer of the Mississippi RiverLords Baltimore of BaltimoreWilliam Penn A Famous QuakerJames Edward Oglethorpe The Founder of GeorgiaPhilip An Indian KingNathaniel Bacon The Leader of the Great RebellionBenjamin Franklin A Great Typical AmericanMontcalm and WolfePatrick Henry An Eloquent OratorSamuel Adams A Massachusetts PatriotGeorge Washington The Leader of the RevolutionPhilip SchuylerNathanael GreeneJohn Paul Jones Our First Naval HeroThomas Jefferson The Author of the Declaration of IndependenceAlexander Hamilton The Founder of the Federalist PartyDaniel Boone The Pioneer of KentuckyOliver Hazard Perry and Thomas Macdonough Two Naval Commanders in the War of 1812Marquis de Lafayette A French PatriotSome American Improvements and InventionsAndrew Jackson The Man of the PeopleHenry Clay The Great PeacemakerDaniel Webster A Famous OratorAbraham Lincoln The War PresidentUlysses Simpson GrantRobert E. Lee The Leader of the Confederate ArmiesDavid G. Farragut Our First AdmiralClara Barton The President of the American Red Cross SocietyGeorge B. DeweyAndrew Carnegie The Steel KingBeginning of this editionNext chapter →BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES FROM AMERICAN HISTORYAll chapters and sections (50)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsBRIEF BIOGRAPHIES FROM AMERICAN HISTORYPREFACEPUBLISHERS’ NOTELeif the LuckyMarco Polo A Famous TravelerChristopher Columbus The Great AdmiralFerdinand De Soto The Discoverer of the Mississippi RiverJohn Cabot The Discoverer of the Continent of North AmericaSir Francis Drake A Famous English AdventurerSir Walter Raleigh The Father of American ColonizationCaptain John SmithPocahontas An Indian PrincessMiles Standish A Pilgrim LeaderJohn Winthrop A Puritan GovernorRoger Williams An Advocate of Religious LibertyHenry HudsonPeter MinuitPeter Stuyvesant The Last Dutch Governor of New YorkSamuel de Champlain The Father of New FranceRobert de la Salle The Explorer of the Mississippi RiverLords Baltimore of BaltimoreWilliam Penn A Famous QuakerJames Edward Oglethorpe The Founder of GeorgiaPhilip An Indian KingNathaniel Bacon The Leader of the Great RebellionBenjamin Franklin A Great Typical AmericanMontcalm and WolfePatrick Henry An Eloquent OratorSamuel Adams A Massachusetts PatriotGeorge Washington The Leader of the RevolutionPhilip SchuylerNathanael GreeneJohn Paul Jones Our First Naval HeroThomas Jefferson The Author of the Declaration of IndependenceAlexander Hamilton The Founder of the Federalist PartyDaniel Boone The Pioneer of KentuckyOliver Hazard Perry and Thomas Macdonough Two Naval Commanders in the War of 1812Marquis de Lafayette A French PatriotSome American Improvements and InventionsAndrew Jackson The Man of the PeopleHenry Clay The Great PeacemakerDaniel Webster A Famous OratorAbraham Lincoln The War PresidentUlysses Simpson GrantRobert E. Lee The Leader of the Confederate ArmiesDavid G. Farragut Our First AdmiralClara Barton The President of the American Red Cross SocietyGeorge B. DeweyAndrew Carnegie The Steel KingGEORGE WASHINGTON◇title pageGRADED SUPPLEMENTARY READING SERIES◇BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY →
