Books with author Wilbur F. Gordy

From inside the book:"Heroes and Leaders in American History," is a series which will include many of the men, in various fields of service in our national life, who have had much to do with making our country what it is to-day.In writing this volume my aim has been to make real to my young readers Abraham Lincoln; first as a youth who worked and struggled in the backwoods to prepare himself for greater usefulness; then as a man raised by his own merits to positions of responsibility; and, finally, as a leader of a great nation, who through four of the most troubled years of that nation's history carried its burdens amid peril and crisis; but always and under all circumstances as one who was simple, honest, and friendly, living true to high and unselfish motives of service to his fellow men.This pre-1923 publication has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the formatting process.

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CONTENTSCHAPTERPatrick HenrySamuel AdamsThe War Begins near BostonGeorge Washington in the RevolutionNathanael Greene and Other Heroes in the SouthJohn Paul JonesDaniel BooneJames RobertsonJohn SevierGeorge Rogers ClarkThe New RepublicIncreasing the Size of the New RepublicInternal ImprovementsThe Republic Grows LargerThree Great StatesmenThe Civil WarFour Great IndustriesIndexILLUSTRATIONSPioneers on the Overland Route, WestwardGeorge IIIPatrick HenryPatrick Henry Delivering His Speech in the Virginia House of BurgessesWilliam PittSt. John’s Church, RichmondSamuel AdamsPatriots in New York Destroying Stamps Intended for Use in ConnecticutFaneuil Hall, BostonOld South Church, BostonThe “Boston Tea Party”Carpenters’ Hall, PhiladelphiaJohn HancockJohn Hancock’s Home, BostonA MinutemanOld North ChurchPaul Revere’s RideMonument on Lexington Common Marking the Line of the MinutemenConcord BridgePresident Langdon, the President of Harvard College, Praying for the Bunker Hill Entrenching Party on Cambridge Common Just Before Their DeparturePrescott at Bunker HillBunker Hill MonumentGeorge WashingtonWashington, Henry, and Pendleton on the Way to Congress at PhiladelphiaThe Washington Elm at Cambridge, under which Washington took Command of the ArmySir William HoweThomas Jefferson Looking Over the Rough Draught of the Declaration of IndependenceThe Retreat from Long IslandNathan HaleBritish and Hessian SoldiersPowder-Horn, Bullet-Flask, and Buckshot-Pouch Used in the RevolutionGeneral Burgoyne Surrendering to General GatesMarquis de LafayetteLafayette Offering His Services to FranklinWinter at Valley ForgeNathanael GreeneThe Meeting of Greene and Gates upon Greene’s Assuming CommandDaniel MorganFrancis MarionMarion Surprising a British Wagon-TrainJohn Paul JonesBattle Between the Ranger and the DrakeThe Fight Between the Bon Homme Richard and the SerapisDaniel BooneBoone’s Escape from the IndiansBoonesboroughBoone Throwing Tobacco into the Eyes of the Indians Who Had Come to Capture HimJames RobertsonLiving-Room of the Early SettlerGrinding Indian CornA Kentucky Pioneer’s CabinJohn SevierA Barbecue of 1780Battle of King’s MountainGeorge Rogers ClarkClark on the Way to KaskaskiaClark’s Surprise at KaskaskiaWampum Peace BeltClark’s Advance on VincennesGeorge WashingtonWashington’s Home, Mount VernonTribute Rendered to Washington at TrentonWashington Taking the Oath of Office as First President, at Federal Hall, New York CityWashington’s Inaugural ChairEli WhitneyWhitney’s Cotton-GinA Colonial PlanterA Slave SettlementThomas Jefferson“Monticello,” the Home of JeffersonA Rice-Field in LouisianaA Flatboat on the Ohio RiverHouse in New Orleans Where Louis Philippe Stopped in 1798A Public Building in New Orleans Built in 1794Meriwether LewisWilliam ClarkBuffalo Hunted by IndiansThe Lewis and Clark Expedition Working Its Way WestwardAndrew Jackson“The Hermitage,” the Home of Andrew JacksonFighting the Seminole Indians, under JacksonRobert FultonFulton’s First Experiment with Paddle-WheelsThe “Clermont” in Duplicate at the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 1909The Opening of the Erie Canal in 1825The Ceremony Called “The Marriage of the Waters”Erie Canal on the Right and Aqueduct over the Mohawk River, New York“Tom Thumb,” Peter Cooper’s Locomotive Working Model, First Used near Baltimore in 1830Railroad Poster of 1843Comparison of “DeWitt Clinton” Locomotive and Train, the First Train Operated in New York, with a Modern Locomotive of the New York Central R.R.S.F.B. MorseThe First Telegraph InstrumentModern Telegraph OfficeThe Operation of the Modern Railroad is Dependent upon the TelegraphSam HoustonFlag of the Republic of TexasDavid CrockettThe Fight at the Alamo.....

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