Strange Stories from History for Young People

Strange Stories from History for Young People
George Cary Eggleston, american author (1839-1911)

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Table of Contents
-01- About this book
-02- PREFACE
-03- THE STORY OF THE NEGRO FORT
-04- A WAR FOR AN ARCHBISHOP
-05- THE BOY COMMANDER OF THE CAMISARDS
-06- THE CANOE FIGHT
-07- THE BATTLE OF LAKE BORGNE
-08- THE BATTLE IN THE DARK
-09- THE DEFENCE OF ROCHELLE
-10- TWO OBSCURE HEROES
-11- THE CHARGE OF THE HOUNDS
-12- THE STORY OF A WINTER CAMPAIGN
-13- YOUNG WASHINGTON IN THE WOODS
-14- THE STORY OF CATHERINE
-15- THE VIRGINIA WIFE MARKET
-16- THE BOYHOOD OF DANIEL WEBSTER
-17- THE SCULLION WHO BECAME A SCULPTOR
-18- THE BOYHOOD OF WILLIAM CHAMBERS
-19- HOW A BOY WAS HIRED OUT AND WHAT CAME OF IT
-20- THE WICKEDEST MAN IN THE WORLD
-21- A PRINCE WHO WOULD NOT STAY DEAD
-22- FOOTNOTE