Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans by Edward Eggleston Very simply told stories of warriors, statesmen, explorers, scientists, inventors, men and women of letters, and others. Featured are Marquette in Iowa, Penn and the Indians, Thomas Smith and the beginning of rice culture in South Carolina, Franklin and the ants, Putnam and the wolf, and dozens of other stories. Ages 7-9 Not just a history book, this little gem makes a great reader, and what a wonderful way to introduce young children to their American history, with 52 short biographical sketches sure to catch a child's imagination from the 1895 edition. This volume includes stories about war heroes, statesmen, explorers, inventors, writers, artists, scientists, and just plain ordinary people who made a difference. The lives of these men and women wonderfully illustrate the virtues children need to learn and are a great introduction to American history. Table of Contents The First Governor in Boston Marquette in Iowa Indian Pictures William Penn and the Indians One Little Bag of Rice The Story of a Wise Woman Franklin His Own Teacher How Franklin Found Out Things Franklin Asks the Sunshine Something Franklin and the Kite Franklin's Whistle John Stark and the Indians A Great Good Man Putnam and the Wolf Washington and His Hatchet How Benny West Learned to be a Painter Washington's Christmas Gift How Washington Got Out of a Trap Washington's Last Battle Marion's Tower Clark and His Men Daniel Boone and His Grapevine Swing Daniel Boone's Daughter and Her Friends Decatur and the Pirates Stories about Jefferson A Long Journey Captain Clark's Burning Glass Quicksilver Bob The First Steamboat Washington Irving as a Boy Don't Give up the Ship The Star-Spangled Banner How Audubon Came to Know About Birds Audubon in the Wild Woods Hunting a Panther Some Boys Who Became Authors Daniel Webster and His Brother Webster and the Poor Woman The India-Rubber Man Doctor Kane in the Frozen Sea A Dinner on the Ice Doctor Kane Gets out of the Frozen Sea Longfellow as a Boy Kit Carson and the Bears Horace Greeley as a Boy Horace Greeley Learning to Print A Wonderful Woman The Author of "Little Women"

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