Hero Tales from American HistoryWho 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. |
Contents
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The Battle of Trenton | 35 |
Bennington | 43 |
Kings Mountain | 50 |
The Storming of Stony Point | 56 |
Gouverneur Morris | 64 |
Remember the Alamo | 114 |
Hampton Roads | 121 |
The Flag | 130 |
The Death of Stonewall Jackson | 140 |
The Charge at Gettysburg | 148 |
General Grant and the Vicksburg Campaign | 156 |
Robert Gould Shaw | 164 |
Charles Russell Lowell | 173 |
The Burning of the Philadelphia | 72 |
The Cruise of the Wasp | 80 |
The General Armstrong Privateer | 88 |
The Battle of New Orleans | 94 |
John Quincy Adams and the Right of Petition | 101 |
Francis Parkman | 107 |
Sheridan at Cedar Creek | 186 |
Lieutenant Cushing and the Ram Albemarle | 193 |
Farragut at Mobile Bay | 199 |
Lincoln | 215 |
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