Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans
by Edward Eggleston Author
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. Suitable for ages 7 and up.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9781599150840
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 48
- Pages
- 172
- Suggested Grades
- Early Years - 1st
- Geographical Setting
- United States
- Historical Setting
- 1600 - 1888
- Publisher
- Yesterday's Classics
- Copyright
- 2007
Chapters
- 1 The First Governor in Boston
- 2 Marquette in Iowa
- 3 Indian Pictures
- 4 William Penn and the Indians
- 5 One Little Bag of Rice
- 6 The Story of a Wise Woman
- 7 Franklin His Own Teacher
- 8 How Franklin Found Out Things
- 9 Franklin Asks the Sunshine Something
- 10 Franklin and the Kite
- 11 Franklin's Whistle
- 12 John Stark and the Indians
- 13 A Great Good Man
- 14 Putnam and the Wolf
- 15 Washington and His Hatchet
- 16 How Benny West Learned to be a Painter
- 17 Washington's Christmas Gift
- 18 How Washington Got Out of a Trap
- 19 Washington's Last Battle
- 20 Marion's Tower
- 21 Clark and His Men
- 22 Daniel Boone and His Grapevine Swing
- 23 Daniel Boone's Daughter and her Friends
- 24 Decatur and the Pirates
- 25 Stories About Jefferson
- 26 A Long Journey
- 27 Captian Clark's Burning Glass
- 28 Quicksilver Bob
- 29 The First Steamboat
- 30 Washington Irving as a Boy
- 31 Don't Give Up the Ship
- 32 The Star-Spangled Banner
- 33 How Audubon Came to Know About Birds
- 34 Audubon in the Wild Woods
- 35 Hunting a Panther
- 36 Some Boys Who Became Authors
- 37 Daniel Webster and His Brother
- 38 Webster and the Poor Woman
- 39 The India-Rubber Man
- 40 Doctor Kane in the Frozen Sea
- 41 A Dinner on the Ice
- 42 Doctor Kane Gets Out of the Frozen Sea
- 43 Longfellow as a Boy
- 44 Kit Carson and the Bears
- 45 Horace Greeley as a Boy
- 46 Horace Greeley Learning to Print
- 47 A Wonderful Woman
- 48 The Author of "Little Women"
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