Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln

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Baldwin James. Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln

THE STORY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON

THE STORY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON * * * * *

I.—WHEN WASHINGTON WAS A BOY

II.—HIS HOMES

III.—HIS SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS

IV.—GOING TO SEA

V.—THE YOUNG SURVEYOR

VI.—THE OHIO COUNTRY

VII.—A CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES

VIII.—A PERILOUS JOURNEY

IX.—HIS FIRST BATTLE

X.—THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

XI.—THE MUTTERINGS OF THE STORM

XII.—THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR

XIII.—INDEPENDENCE

XIV.—THE FIRST PRESIDENT

XV.—"FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN."

THE STORY OF. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

TO THE YOUNG READER * * * * *

THE STORY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN * * * * *

I.—THE WHISTLE

II.—SCHOOLDAYS

III.—THE BOYS AND THE WHARF

IV.—CHOOSING A TRADE

V.—HOW FRANKLIN EDUCATED HIMSELF

VI.—FAREWELL TO BOSTON

VII.—THE FIRST DAY IN PHILADELPHIA

VIII.—GOVERNOR WILLIAM KEITH

IX.—THE RETURN TO PHILADELPHIA

X.—THE FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND

XI.—A LEADING MAN IN PHILADELPHIA

XII.—FRANKLIN'S RULES OF LIFE

XIII.—FRANKLIN'S SERVICES TO THE COLONIES

XIV.—FRANKLIN'S WONDERFUL KITE

XV.—THE LAST YEARS

THE STORY OF. DANIEL WEBSTER

THE STORY OF DANIEL WEBSTER * * * * *

I.—CAPTAIN WEBSTER

II.—THE YOUNGEST SON

III.—EZEKIEL AND DANIEL

IV.—PLANS FOR THE FUTURE

V.—AT EXETER ACADEMY

VI.—GETTING READY FOR COLLEGE

VII.—AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

VIII.—HOW DANIEL TAUGHT SCHOOL

IX.—DANIEL GOES TO BOSTON

D. WEBSTER, ATTORNEY

X.—LAWYER AND CONGRESSMAN

XI.—THE DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CASE

XII.—WEBSTER'S GREAT ORATIONS

XIII.—MR. WEBSTER IN THE SENATE

XIV.—MR. WEBSTER IN PRIVATE LIFE

XV.—THE LAST YEARS

THE STORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

THE STORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN * * * * *

I.—THE KENTUCKY HOME

II.—WORK AND SORROW

III.—THE NEW MOTHER

IV.—SCHOOL AND BOOKS

V.—LIFE IN THE BACKWOODS

VI.—THE BOATMAN

VII.—THE FIRST YEARS IN ILLINOIS

VIII.—THE BLACK HAWK WAR

IX.—IN THE LEGISLATURE

X.—POLITICS AND MARRIAGE

XI.—CONGRESSMAN AND LAWYER

XII.—THE QUESTION OF SLAVERY

XIII.—LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS

XIV.—PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

XV.—THE END OF A GREAT LIFE

Отрывок из книги

When George Washington was a boy there was no United States. The land was here, just as it is now, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific; but nearly all of it was wild and unknown.

Between the Atlantic Ocean and the Alleghany Mountains there were thirteen colonies, or great settlements. The most of the people who lived in these colonies were English people, or the children of English people; and so the King of England made their laws and appointed their governors.

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Once an Indian shot at Washington from behind a tree. Once the brave young man fell into a river, among floating ice, and would have been drowned but for Gist.

At last they reached the house of a trader on the Monongahela River. There they were kindly welcomed, and urged to stay until the weather should grow milder.

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