Books with author Joseph Walker McSpadden

The Boys’ Book of Famous Soldiers will introduce men—young and old— to a dozen of the great captains of history. The first half of the book includes Georhe Washington, U.S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Napoleon Bonaparte, the Duke of Wellington, Charles Gordon, and Frederick Sleigh Roberts. First published in 1919, the book has a decided focus on participants in the Great War, later to be known as World War I. Herbert Kitchener, Douglas Haig, Joseph Joffre, Ferdinand Foch, and the leader of the American Expeditionary Force, John J. Pershing. Alacrity Press is excited to make this timeless classic available to a new generation of readers.

Native Americans have lived in the area which is now California for 13,000 to 15,000 years. Numerous tribes and bands inhabited the area.The name California is thought to have first occurred fable "Sergas de Esplandain" first published in about 1500 and republished for several other editions. In this account California is described as an island where the most common metal was gold and populated only with fierce female Amazon warriors.Mapmakers started using the name "California" to label the unexplored territory on the Pacific west coast. The 1562 map of Americas, which applied the name California for the first time. European explorers flying the flags of Spain and of England explored the Pacific Coast of California beginning in the mid-16th century. Francisco de Ulloa explored the west coast of present-day Mexico including the Gulf of California, proving that Baja California was a peninsula,but in spite of his discoveries the myth persisted in European circles that California was an island. After the discovery and subsequent subjugation of the very wealthy Aztec civilization in 1520 and the Inca civilization in Peru in 1530, the Spanish Conquistadors and the Spanish Crown were anxious to find a another source of fabulous wealth. Rumors of fabulously wealthy cities located somewhere along the California coast, as well as a possible Northwest passage that would provide a much shorter route to the Indies, provided an incentive to explore further. The first European to explore the California coast Cabrilho. By 1540 he was a wealthy conquistador and ship builder who had worked his way up the ranks. Under the sponsorship of Guatemala's governor Pedro de Alvarado, he helped create the first ship building industry on the Pacific coast. All ropes, sails, pulleys and metal parts, tools, nails, anchors had to be ordered from Spain, shipped to a port on the east coast of Mexico, and transported across Mexico to the west coast where the ships were to be built.

Robin Hood is a folk hero from the Middle Ages. He is a legendary person whom people have told stories about for many years. Robin Hood is one who still remains popular. His story has been featured in books, plays, movies and cartoons as well.There are many variations of his stories. Usually, Robin Hood is an outlaw who lives in Sherwood Forest near the town of Nottingham, England. His enemies are Prince John (who is temporarily on the throne because his brother, King Richard the Lionheart is away in the Middle East fighting in the Crusades), and the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham, who abuse their powers and take money from the people who need it. Robin Hood uses his archery skills and his wits to steal the money back, and return it to the poor. Accompanying Robin are his faithful followers The Merry Men. They include Little John. Much the Millers son, Will Scarlet, Friar Tuck and Alan a Dale.

Once a nobleman, Robert of Huntington is chased away from his lands by the merciless, cruel Sheriff of Nottingham, the right hand of the tyrannical Prince John, finding shelter in the Sherwood Forest. Seeing the social injustice peasants and small farmers fall victims to, he decides to correct the wrongdoings of the despotic rulers, stealing from the rich, mainly allies of the tyrant who illegitimately sits on his brother's throne. However, he does not keep the money for himself, but gives it back to the poor it was taken from. Robin Hood's helpers, also known as the "merry men", are also present, from Little John, who is famous for his herculean strength, and Friar Tuck who, with his wit and slick mind, always finds a way out of dangerous situation, to Will Scarlet and Allin-a-Dale. Unlike in other modern collections of stories centered around the legendary outlaw, Maid Marian, Robin's love interest, is also given a place among the characters of the book, as the beginning of the love story between the two of them and even their first attempt to marry interrupted by the Sheriff of Nottingham, are presented.

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Excerpt from The Story of Abraham LincolnThis book tries to avoid, on the one hand, the formal biography with its bristling array of names and dates; and on the other, the panegyric of praise. It is a story-telling ao count emphasizing the picturesque and human phases of his career. It tries to depict the boy and man as the friend and neighbor that Lincoln himself tried to be all through life.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.

Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend he is depicted as being of noble birth, and having fought in the Crusades before returning to England to find his lands have been taken by the Sheriff. In other versions this is not the case and he is instead born into the yeoman class. Traditionally depicted dressed in Lincoln green, he is said to have robbed from the rich and given to the poor. Through retellings, additions, and variations a body of familiar characters associated with Robin Hood have been created. These include his lover, Maid Marian, his band of outlaws, the Merry Men, and his chief opponent, the Sheriff of Nottingham. The Sheriff is often depicted as assisting Prince John in usurping the rightful but absent King Richard, to whom Robin Hood remains loyal. A common theme of the story is that Robin is a champion of the common people fighting against injustice, whilst remaining loyal to the rightful ruler. He became a popular folk figure in the Late Middle Ages, and the earliest known ballads featuring him are from the 15th century