American Leaders and Heroes

di Wilbur Fisk Gordy (Autore)

Madison & Adams Press, 2018

This edition presents incredible lives of some of the most notable persons of American history. It is hoped that this book will furnish reader's mind some conception of what American history is, and at the same time stimulate an abiding interest in historical and biographical reading. Contents: Christopher Columbus and the Discovery Of America Hernando De Soto and the Discovery of the Mississippi Sir Walter Raleigh and the First English Attempts to Colonize America John Smith and the Settlement of Jamestown Nathaniel Bacon and the Uprising of the People in Virginia in 1676 Miles Standish and the Pilgrims Roger Williams and the Puritans William Penn and the Settlement of Pennsylvania Cavelier De La Salle and the French in the Mississippi Valley George Washington, the Boy Surveyor and Young Soldier James Wolfe, the Hero of Quebec Patrick Henry and the Stamp Act Samuel Adams and the Boston Tea Party Paul Revere and the Battle of Concord and Lexington Benjamin Franklin and Aid from France George Washington, the Virginia Planter and the Revolutionary Soldier Nathaniel Greene, the Hero of the South, and Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" Daniel Boone, the Kentucky Pioneer Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase Robert Fulton and the Steamboat Andrew Jackson, the Upholder of the Union Daniel Webster, the Defender and Expounder of the Constitution Samuel Finley Breese Morse and the Electric Telegraph Abraham Lincoln, the Liberator of the Slaves Ulysses Simpson Grant and the Civil War Some Leaders and Heroes in the War with Spain

• Autore: Wilbur Fisk Gordy
• Anno edizione: 2018
• Editore: Madison & Adams Press
• Formato: EPUB2 con Adobe DRM
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9788026897903

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