CONTENTS
Reading edition
(Note.—The stories marked with a star (*) will be most enjoyed by younger children; those marked with a dagger(†) are better suited to older children.)
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Jabez Rockwell’s Powder-horn. By Ralph D. Paine 3
The Little Lord of the Manor. By Elbridge S. Brooks 19
†Old Esther Dudley. By Nathaniel Hawthorne 40
*Betty’s Ride. By Henry S. Canby 55
The First Blow for American Liberty. By Emma W. Demeritt 64
†The Battle of Bunker’s Hill. By Washington Irving 79
*Her Punishment. By Elizabeth Gibson 91
Famous Words at Great Moments 95
*The Little Fifer. By Helen M. Winslow 102
†Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys. By Washington Irving 111
The Capture of the Hennepin Gun. By Margaret Emma Ditto 117
Paul Revere’s Ride. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 132
*Tony’s Birthday and George Washington’s. By Agnes Repplier 138
A Venture in 1777. By S. Weir Mitchell 145
A Tempest in a Big Tea-pot. By Samuel Adams Drake 189
†How the Warning Was Given. By Mabel Nelson Thurston 192
†Susan Tongs. By Ethel Parton 206
*The Little Minute-man. By H. G. Paine 217
*General Gage and the Boston Boys. By Samuel Adams Drake 225
†Washington and the Spy. By James Fenimore Cooper 227
*Three Washington Anecdotes. Adapted from M. L. Weems 236
“When George the Third Was King.” By Elbridge S. Brooks 241
*Their Flag Day. By Herbert O. McCrillis 256
A True Story of the Revolution. By Everett T. Tomlinson 260
†Polly Callendar: Tory. By Margaret Fenderson 270
Neil Davidson in Disguise. By Mary Tracy Earle 279
†John Paul Jones. By Rupert S. Holland 295
CHILDREN’S BOOK OF PATRIOTIC STORIES
CHILDREN’S BOOK OF PATRIOTIC STORIES