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Burton Egbert Stevenson. American Men of Action

American Men of Action

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I

A TALK ABOUT BIOGRAPHY

CHAPTER II

THE BEGINNERS

SUMMARY

CHAPTER III

WASHINGTON TO LINCOLN

SUMMARY

CHAPTER IV

LINCOLN AND HIS SUCCESSORS

SUMMARY

CHAPTER V

STATESMEN

SUMMARY

CHAPTER VI

PIONEERS

SUMMARY

CHAPTER VII

GREAT SOLDIERS

SUMMARY

CHAPTER VIII

GREAT SAILORS

SUMMARY

INDEX

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Burton Egbert Stevenson

Published by Good Press, 2019

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It was no longer a summer sea through which the tiny vessel ploughed her way, but a sea swept by savage hurricanes. More than once it seemed that the ship must founder, but by some miracle it kept afloat, and on March 15, 1493, sailed again into the port of Palos. The great navigator was received with triumphal honors by Ferdinand and Isabella, and invited to sit in their presence while he told the wonderful story of his discoveries.

Wonderful indeed! Yet what a dizziness would have seized that audience could they have guessed the truth! Could they have guessed that the proud kingdom of Spain was but an insignificant patch compared with the vast continent Columbus had discovered and upon which a score of nations were to dwell.

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