Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans
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1. Front matter2. AUTHOR OF “TRUE STORIES OF AMERICAN LIFE AND ADVENTURE” “A FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY” AND “A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES AND ITS PEOPLE FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS”3. PREFACE.4. STORIES OF GREAT AMERICANS.5. MARQUETTE IN IOWA.6. INDIAN PICTURES.7. WILLIAM PENN AND THE INDIANS.8. ONE LITTLE BAG OF RICE9. THE STORY OF A WISE WOMAN.10. FRANKLIN HIS OWN TEACHER.11. HOW FRANKLIN FOUND OUT THINGS.12. FRANKLIN ASKS THE SUNSHINE SOMETHING.13. FRANKLIN AND THE KITE.14. FRANKLIN’S WHISTLE.15. TOO MUCH FOR THE WHISTLE16. JOHN STARK AND THE INDIANS.17. A GREAT GOOD MAN.18. PUTNAM AND THE WOLF.19. WASHINGTON AND HIS HATCHET20. HOW BENNY WEST LEARNED TO BE A PAINTER.21. WASHINGTON’S CHRISTMAS GIFT.22. HOW WASHINGTON GOT OUT OF A TRAP.23. WASHINGTON’S LAST BATTLE.24. MARION’S TOWER.25. CLARK AND HIS MEN.26. DANIEL BOONE AND HIS GRAPEVINE SWING.27. DANIEL BOONE’S DAUGHTER AND HER FRIENDS.28. DECATUR AND THE PIRATES.29. STORIES ABOUT JEFFERSON.30. A LONG JOURNEY.31. CAPTAIN CLARK’S BURNING GLASS.32. QUICKSILVER BOB.33. THE FIRST STEAMBOAT.34. WASHINGTON IRVING AS A BOY.35. DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP.36. GRANDFATHER’S RHYME.37. THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER.38. HOW AUDUBON CAME TO KNOW ABOUT BIRDS.39. AUDUBON IN THE WILD WOODS.40. HUNTING A PANTHER.41. SOME BOYS WHO BECAME AUTHORS.42. DANIEL WEBSTER AND HIS BROTHER.43. WEBSTER AND THE POOR WOMAN.44. THE INDIA-RUBBER MAN.45. DOCTOR KANE IN THE FROZEN SEA.46. A DINNER ON THE ICE.47. DOCTOR KANE GETS OUT OF THE FROZEN SEA.48. LONGFELLOW AS A BOY.49. KIT CARSON AND THE BEARS.50. HORACE GREELEY AS A BOY.51. HORACE GREELEY LEARNING TO PRINT.52. A WONDERFUL WOMAN.53. THE AUTHOR OF “LITTLE WOMEN.”54. MY KINGDOM.55. A SONG FROM THE SUDS.