TRUE STORIES OF GREAT AMERICANS
"Should be read by every boy and girl."
This important new series of brief and vivid biographies will give to the young mind an intimate picture of the greatest Americans who have helped to make American history. In each instance the author has been chosen either because he is particularly interested in the subject of the biography, or is connected with him by blood ties and possessed, therefore, of valuable facts. Only those, however, who have shown that they have an appreciation of what makes really good juvenile literature have been entrusted with a volume. In each case they have written with a child's point of view in mind, those events being emphasized which are calculated to appeal to the younger reader, making a full and well-balanced narrative, yet always authentic.
"Most admirable in their construction and purpose. The volumes are interesting and attractive in appearance, graphic in style, and wonderfully inspiring in subject matter, reaching an enviable mark in juvenile literature."—Philadelphia Public Ledger.
"Far away from the 'dry as dust' type of biography."—San Francisco Bulletin.
"Simply and attractively told.... Especially interesting to children."—Christian Advocate.
"An excellent series."—New York Sun.
See the following pages for descriptions of the individual books of this series.
The Lives of National Heroes Told in a New Way for Children
EACH VOLUME ILLUSTRATED, $.50
By Mildred Stapley
Christopher Columbus
Mildred Stapley has consulted new and recently discovered sources of contemporary information, and the history of Columbus' voyages is revised and corrected, though the romance and excitement still glow through the record of his achievements, and his fame as a daring navigator remains an example of courage and unequalled valor.
By Rossiter Johnson
Captain John Smith
The adventurous Captain who founded Virginia lived the life of a typical hero of romance—Soldier of Fortune in America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, pirate, slave, and friend of princes. He was an able executive and a man of energy and capacity.
By Rupert S. Holland
William Penn
The life of William Penn is of especial interest and value because the events of his career are closely related to American and English history at a time when America was separating herself from her parent country and shaping her destiny as an independent Republic.
By E. Lawrence Dudley
Benjamin Franklin
As a statesman, diplomat, scientist, philosopher, and man of letters, Benjamin Franklin was the foremost American of his time. The story of his life is an inspiring and stimulating narrative, with all the fascination and interest of Colonial and Revolutionary America.
New Illustrated Biographies for Young People
EACH VOLUME ILLUSTRATED, $.50
By Francis Rolt-Wheeler
Thomas A. Edison
Thomas Alva Edison is the typical American. From boyhood to ripest manhood he has been keen to see an opportunity, and quick to turn that opportunity to a practical use. His genius is peculiar because it is so American.
By Alice C. Sutcliffe
Robert Fulton
The life of Robert Fulton makes good reading. The story of his belief in and work upon a submarine and his journeys to France and England to lay his plans before the British Government—his steamboat, and the years of study and labor which went toward perfecting it—his paintings—his travels in foreign lands in days when American travellers were few—combine to make one of the most interesting and inspiring books of the series.
By Bradley Gilman
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee ranks with the greatest of all English-speaking military leaders. Bradley Gilman has told the story of his life so as to reveal the greatness and true personality of a man "who has left an enduring memory of the highest idealism."
By William C. Sprague
Davy Crockett
No fictitious tale of perils and adventures could surpass the true story of Davy Crockett, pioneer. His life and adventures are closely bound up with the greatest events of American history.
New Illustrated Biographies for Young People
EACH VOLUME ILLUSTRATED, $.50
By Jean Christie Root
Nathan Hale
There is hardly another story in the whole range of American history which contains so much of inspiration and splendid heroism as that of Nathan Hale.
"There is more than the work of a gifted biographer here. There is a message."—New York World.
By F.E. Lovell Coombs
U.S. Grant
There is but little fiction which can compare in interest with the true story of Ulysses S. Grant. Mr. Coombs has told it admirably.
By Daniel E. Wheeler
Abraham Lincoln
Another view of the greatest product of American democracy. The inspiring story of the great war President told with spirit in a new way.
NEW VOLUMES
By Lucile Gulliver
Daniel Boone
By Louise S. Hasbrouck
La Salle
By Martha F. Crow
Lafayette