Books with author Elbridge Streeter 1846-1902 Brooks

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This volume was published in 1899 and tells the story of the fighting man of America, from the Conquistador to Rough Rider. From the book's Preface: The simple story of the American soldier has never yet been told. Whoever wishes to know him as a man must study numerous confusing episodes, search through voluminous histories or sift out the an from the material in the crowding records of innumerable battles. This is more labror than the busy American cares to under- take, much as he may delight in the records of American valor and American endeavor. It is to attempt this for him, to draw from the mass of material already in print the char- acter and achievements of the fighting man of American even from the earliest times and to present them in con- secutive and connected narrative that this book has been undertaken. The description of battles and the causes of wars have not been entered into. These may be found and studied in detail in any one of the many excellent histories of the United States with which the libraries and homes of America abound. In this book the American soldier as an individual is depicted for the enlightenment and inspiration of Americans young and old. War is a terrible necessity. Looked at from the standpoint of humanity there is about it neither picturesqueness, nobility, romance nor delight ; it is but the emphasis of man's inhumanity to man. And yet there is another point of view. War has been in the history of the world alike civilizer, peace-maker and uplifter. There could have been no progress for the race had the element of strife been lacking. The efforts of those heroic souls " Who have dared for a high cause to suffer, resist, fight if need be to die," have rung the death-knell of tyranny and moved the world forward toward a broader freedom. And so, through all the years that have witnessed the evolution of the American Republic, the American soldier has been a prime factor in this development. His valor has illumined history, his steadfastness has redeemed failure, his loyalty has glorified success. It is for us as Americans to remember our debt to the heroes of Louisburg and Quebec, of Lexington and Saratoga and York town, of Lundy's Lane and New Orleans, of Shiloh and Gettysburg and Appomattox. Without their efforts there would have been no nation of freemen with sons ready to defend its honor and its life, there would have been no America to need or to have a soldier. ............................................................................. Contents: CHAPTER I. An Overture of Strife CHAPTER II. The Conquistadores CHAPTER III. Colonial Fighting Men CHAPTER IV. Minute-Men and Continentals CHAPTER V. Soldiers of Liberty CHAPTER VI. The Troops of Discontent CHAPTER VII. A Leaderless War CHAPTER VIII. Wars and Rumors of War CHAPTER IX. Over the Mexican Border CHAPTER X. Horse, Foot and Dragoon CHAPTER XI. Boys of 'Sixty-One CHAPTER XII. From Shiloh to Appomattox CHAPTER XIII. Boots and Saddle CHAPTER XIV. The Veteran Soldier The Achievements of the American Soldier The Best Hundered Books on the American Soldier

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Excerpt from The True Story of Benjamin Franklin, the American StatesmanAmong the learned men of the world none is more famous than he i among the patriots of the world none holds a higher place; among Americans none is worthier remembrance, veneration, or imitation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.