{"product_id":"2940013836273","title":"HERO TALES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   GEORGE WASHINGTON--H. C. Lodge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   DANIEL BOONE AND THE FOUNDING OF KENTUCKY--Theodore Roosevelt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   GEORGE ROGERS CLARK AND THE CONQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST--Theodore\u003cbr\u003e   Roosevelt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   THE BATTLE OF TRENTON--H. C. Lodge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   BENNINGTON--H. C. Lodge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   KING'S MOUNTAIN--Theodore Roosevelt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   THE STORMING OF STONY POINT--Theodore Roosevelt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   GOUVERNEUR MORRIS--H. C. Lodge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   THE BURNING OF THE \"PHILADELPHIA\"--H. C. Lodge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   THE CRUISE OF THE \"WASP\"--Theodore Roosevelt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   THE \"GENERAL ARMSTRONG\" PRIVATEER--Theodore Roosevelt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS--Theodore Roosevelt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AND THE RIGHT OF PETITION--H. C. Lodge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   FRANCIS PARKMAN--H. C. Lodge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \"REMEMBER THE ALAMO\"--Theodore Roosevelt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   HAMPTON ROADS--Theodore Roosevelt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   THE FLAG-BEARER--Theodore Roosevelt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   THE DEATH OF STONEWALL JACK--Theodore Roosevelt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   THE CHARGE AT GETTYSBURG--Theodore Roosevelt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   GENERAL GRANT AND THE VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN--H. C. Lodge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   ROBERT GOULD SHAW--H. C. Lodge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   CHARLES RUSSELL LOWELL--H. C. Lodge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   SHERIDAN AT CEDAR CREEK--H. C. Lodge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   LIEUTENANT CUSHING AND THE RAM \"ALBEMARLE\"--Theodore Roosevelt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   FARRAGUT AT MOBILE BAY--Theodore Roosevelt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   ABRAHAM LINCOLN--H. C. Lodge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     \"Hor. I saw him once; he was a goodly king.\u003cbr\u003e     Ham. He was a man, take him for all in all\u003cbr\u003e     I shall not look upon his like again.\"--Hamlet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHERO TALES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWASHINGTON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe brilliant historian of the English people [*] has written of\u003cbr\u003eWashington, that \"no nobler figure ever stood in the fore-front of a\u003cbr\u003enation's life.\" In any book which undertakes to tell, no matter how\u003cbr\u003eslightly, the story of some of the heroic deeds of American history,\u003cbr\u003ethat noble figure must always stand in the fore-front. But to sketch the\u003cbr\u003elife of Washington even in the barest outline is to write the history\u003cbr\u003eof the events which made the United States independent and gave birth\u003cbr\u003eto the American nation. Even to give alist of what he did, to name his\u003cbr\u003ebattles and recount his acts as president, would be beyond the limit and\u003cbr\u003ethe scope of this book. Yet it is always possible to recall the man and\u003cbr\u003eto consider what he was and what he meant for us and for mankind He is\u003cbr\u003eworthy the study and the remembrance of all men, and to Americans he is\u003cbr\u003eat once a great glory of their past and an inspiration and an assurance\u003cbr\u003eof their future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     * John Richard Green.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo understand Washington at all we must first strip off all the myths\u003cbr\u003ewhich have gathered about him. We must cast aside into the dust-heaps\u003cbr\u003eall the wretched inventions of the cherry-tree variety, which were\u003cbr\u003efastened upon him nearly seventy years after his birth. We must look at\u003cbr\u003ehim as he looked at life and the facts about him, without any illusion\u003cbr\u003eor deception, and no man in history can better stand such a scrutiny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn of a distinguished family in the days when the American colonies\u003cbr\u003ewere still ruled by an aristocracy, Washington started with all that\u003cbr\u003egood birth and tradition could give. Beyond this, however, he had\u003cbr\u003elittle. His family was poor, his mother was left early a widow, and he\u003cbr\u003ewas forced after a very limited education to go out into the world to\u003cbr\u003efight for himself He had strong within him the adventurous spirit of\u003cbr\u003ehis race. He became a surveyor, and in the pursuit of this profession\u003cbr\u003eplunged into the wilderness, where he soon grew to be an expert hunter\u003cbr\u003eand backwoodsman. Even as a boy the gravity of his character and\u003cbr\u003ehis mental and physical vigor commended him to those about him, and\u003cbr\u003eresponsibility and military command were put in his hands at an age when\u003cbr\u003emost young men are just leaving college. As the times grew threatening\u003cbr\u003eon the frontier, he was sent on a perilous mission to the Indians, in\u003cbr\u003ewhich, after passing through many hardships and dangers, he achieved\u003cbr\u003esuccess. When the troubles came with France it was by the soldiers under\u003cbr\u003ehis command that the first shots were fired in the war which was to\u003cbr\u003edetermine whether the North American continent should be French or\u003cbr\u003eEnglish. In his earliest expedition he was defeated by the enemy. Later\u003cbr\u003ehe was with Braddock, and it was he who tried, to rally the broken\u003cbr\u003eEnglish army on the stricken field near Fort Duquesne. On that day\u003cbr\u003eof surprise and slaughter he displayed not only cool courage but the\u003cbr\u003ereckless daring which was one of his chief characteristics. He so\u003cbr\u003eexposed himself that bullets passed through his coat and hat, and the\u003cbr\u003eIndians and the French who tried to bring him down thought he bore a\u003cbr\u003echarmed life.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173349671152,"sku":"2940013836273","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013836273_p0.jpg?v=1763595336","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013836273","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}