This volume celebrates stories of great heroes from the pages of history from Moses and David through Clara Barton and Henry Longfellow. It is divided into nine sections: Mighty Men of Long Ago, Heroes of the Middle Ages, Four Leaders in the Old World, Discoverers and Explorers, Colonists and Pioneers, Patriots of the Revolution, Winners of the West, Famous Inventors, and The Greatest Americans, It is written from a distinct Western and American point of view, but each chapter is a short summary of these people deemed “heroes.” John Burnham was chair of the History and Social Sciences Department at Western State Normal School and Western State Teachers College. He was a nationally known history and social studies educator, and author or co-author of six elementary and secondary U.S. history textbooks that were widely used throughout the United States during the 1920s and 1930 - Summary by Larry Wilson
PrefaceMoses, The Greatest Law-giver, and the Meekest ManDavid, The Giant-killer KingHomer, The Hero Poet of Ancient GreeceSocrates, The "Grand Old Man" of GreeceAlexander, The Boy Who Conquered the WorldFour Familiar Sayings of Julius CaesarThe Christmas Crowning of CharlemagneAlfred, The Greatest of the Saxon KingsHow William of Normandy Conquered a KingdomLion-hearted Richard and Wolf-hearted JohnJoan of Arc and the Lilies of FranceShakespeare, The Greatest Maker of PlaysHow Cromwell Changed Places with the KingNapoleon, The Corsican Boy Who Ruled EuropeNelson, The Hero of TrafalgarColumbus, the Map-maker Who Found a New WorldMagellan, The Man of the StraitsCortes, The ConquerorDe Soto, A Gold Hunter in Southern SwampsSir Francis Drake, England's First Great SailorSir Walter Raleigh, The Favorite of Good Queen BessHenry Hudson, The Man Who Put Himself on the MapLa Salle And The Mouth of The MississippiLivingstone, The White Man of the Dark ContinentPeary, A Hero of the Great White NorthJohn Smith, The Captain of Many AdventuresChamplain, The Father of New FranceMyles Standish, The Brave Little Captain of PlymouthJohn Winthrop, A Puritan Maker of MassachusettsRoger Williams, A Minister Who Lived the Golden RuleLord Baltimore, Calvert and Claiborne, The Three Fathers of MarylandWilliam Penn, The Founder of PennsylvaniaPatrick Henry, The "Firebrand of the Revolution"Nathan Hale, Who Spoke the Bravest Words in HistoryLafayette, The Boy Hero of Two WorldsThe Immortal Reply of John Paul JonesGeneral Marion, The Carolina "Swamp Fox"Wolfe and Montcalm, The Rival Heroes of QuebecDaniel Boone, The Great Indian Fighter of KentuckyGeorge Rogers Clark, The Young Hero with a Great IdeaLewis and Clark, Two Adventurers in the Far WestDavy Crockett, The Hero of the AlamoHow Eli Whitney Made Cotton KingFulton's FollyHow Morse Sent Letters by LightningCyrus H. M'cormick and the Story of the ReaperElias Howe and His Sewing MachineEdison, The Wizard of Many InventionsBenjamin Franklin, The Boy Who Was Diligent in BusinessGeorge Washington and His MotherAlexander Hamilton, The Orphan Boy from the West IndiesThomas Jefferson, The Father of DemocracyAndrew Jackson, America's Most Popular HeroWebster, Clay, Calhoun, Three Great Champions in CongressThe Kind Heart of Abraham LincolnUlysses S. Grant, The General Who Hated WarThe Noble Soul of Robert E. LeeDavy Farragut, The Hero of Mobile BayThe Strenuous Life of RooseveltClara Barton, "The Angel of the Battlefield"Henry W. Longfellow, The American Children's Poet
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