The Struggle for Sea Power (Yesterday's Classics)
by M. B. Synge Author
(From Amazon): Book IV in The Story of the World series, by M. B. Synge, "The Struggle for Sea Power" focuses on the age of empire and world colonization. The histories of European colonies in America, Australia, South Africa, and India are related. Also covered are the Revolution in America, the French Revolution, and campaigns of Napoleon. The Story of the World series, by M. B. Synge, comprises a set of five volumes, written at a middle school reading level, that cover all major events in the history of Western Civilization, from earliest recorded history to the close of the nineteenth century. With fifty or so short chapters in each volume, the series links the great eras in time and place together by a chain of stories of individuals who played principal parts in the events related. While statesmen and military commanders figure heavily in the narrative, stories of explorers, scientists, artists, authors, and religious figures are also presented. The author writes in an engaging fashion, using dialog frequently to bring scenes to life. She juxtaposes events happening at the same time in different parts of the world in a style reminiscent of the books of Genevieve Foster. This series is an excellent introduction to world history for adult readers as well as for children.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1599150166
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 47
- Pages
- 276
- Publisher
- Yesterday's Classics
- Copyright
- 2006
Chapters
- 1 The Story of the Great Mogul
- 2 Robert Clive
- 3 The Black Hole of Calcutta
- 4 The Struggle for North America
- 5 George Washington, Soldier and Patriot
- 6 How Pitt Saved England
- 7 the Fall of Quebec
- 8 The Great Lord Hawke
- 9 The Boston Tea-Ships
- 10 The Declaration of Independence
- 11 Captain Cook's Story
- 12 James Bruce and the Nile
- 13 The Tial of Warren Hastings
- 14 Marie Antoinette
- 15 The Fall of the Bastile
- 16 The Flight to varennes
- 17 A Reign of Terror
- 18 Napoleon Bonaparte
- 19 Horatio Nelson
- 20 The Adventures of Mungo Park
- 21 The Travels of Baron Humboldt
- 22 The Beginning of the Struggle
- 23 The Battle of the Nile
- 24 Copenhagen
- 25 Napoleon, Emperor of the French
- 26 The Battle of Trafalgar
- 27 The Death of Nelson
- 28 A Second Charlemagne
- 29 The Rise of Wellington
- 30 At the Cape of Good Hope
- 31 The First Australian Colony
- 32 Story of the Slave-Trade
- 33 The Defence of Saragoza
- 34 Sir John Moore at Coruna
- 35 The Victory of Talavera
- 36 The Peasant Hero of the Tyrol
- 37 The Empire at Its Height
- 38 The Shannon and the Chesapeake
- 39 Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow
- 40 Wellington's Victories in Spain
- 41 Spain for the Spaniards
- 42 The Fall of the Empire
- 43 Story of the Steam-Engine
- 44 The Congress of Vienna
- 45 The Eve of Waterloo
- 46 Waterloo
- 47 The Exile of St. Helena
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