HERO TALES FROM AMERICAN LIFE BYFRANCIS TREVELYAN MILLER 1909 COPYRIGHT ILLUSTRATEDFROM FORWARD, This Book of a Hundred Hero Tales is drawn from the thousands of incidents of courage and bravery with which American History is inspired—tales that are close to the human heart… CONTENTSTHE MAN WITH A HEART BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD THE WORLDTHE STATESMEN WHO GAVE HIS LIFE TO A PRINCIPLETHE AMERICAN FLAG IN THE SNOWS OF CANADATHE INDIAN SLAVE GIRL WHO UNLOCKED THE NORTHWESTTHE ROUGH RIDERS WHO CARRIED THE FLAG TO VICTORYTHE FIRST AMERICAN FLEET TO CHALLENGE THE SEASTHE PHYSICIAN WHO ADDED THREE STARS TO THE FLAGTHE VICTOR IN THE WORLD’S DEEPEST TRAGEDYTHE NAVAL YOUTH WHO DESTROYED AN IRONCLADTHE MOTHER’S LOVE FOR THE SAKE OF HER CHILDRENTHE GRIM FIGHTER AND THE THRITY-EIGHTH PSALMTHE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS WHO OVERPOWERED A FORTTHE VIRGINIAN WHO HEARD THE CALL OF HIS HOME-LANDTHE PRIEST AND CROSS THAT SAVED HALF A CONTINENTTHE VALIANT CAVALIER WHO WOULD NOT SURRENDERTHE WIDOWED MOTHER WHO GAVE SEVEN SONS TO LIBERTYTHE BROTHERLY LOVE THAT FOUNDED A POWERFUL STATETHE SCHOOLMASTER WHO DIED FOR HIS COUNTRYTHE CAVALRYMAN WHO TURNED DEFEAT INTO VICTORYTHE EXPLORER WHO FOUND A DARK CONTINENTTHE ADMIRAL WHO UNFURLED THE FLAG IN THE ORIENTTHE SCIENTIST WHO APPEALED TO A HEEDLESS WORLDTHE CABIN BOY WHO BECAME THE FIRST ADMIRALTHE TORY FATHER WHO BELIEVED LIBERTY WAS A DREAMTHE REAR-ADMIRAL OF THE GREATEST FLEET ON THE SEASTHE CASTAWAYS IN THE STORM OFF CAPE HENLOPENTHE TROOPERS WHO PLUNGED TO THE VALLEY OF DEATHTHE HOMELESS GIRL WHO FOUGHT IN THE REVOLUTIONTHE RUINED CITY THAT ROSE TRIUMPHANT FROM ITS ASHESTHE SOUTHERNER WHO LOVED TWO FLAGSTHE GIRL CANNONEER WHO WON A SERGEANT’S HONORSTHE AIRSHIP THAT FELL FROM THE CLOUDSTHE WATAUGA BOYS IN THE CHARGE OF KING’S MOUNTAINTHE ENGINEERS WHO FATHOMED THE BLACK CANYONTHE LOST SHIP AND THE LOST CREWTHE LITTLE KANSAN WHO CONQUERED A SAVAGE RACETHE IMMIGRANT GIRL IN THE HARBOR OF A NEW WORLDTHE PRIVATEER THAT FOUGHT FOUR SHIPS OF WARTHE MIDNIGHT RAIDERS WHO RODE THROUGH LINES OF DEATHTHE COPPERSMITH WHO AROUSED HIS PEOPLETHE TELEPHONE GIRL WHO WARNED THE VALLEYTHE ORPAN BOY WHO ROSE TO LEAD HIS COUNTRYMENTHE BATTLESHIPS THAT VANQUISHED A PROUD MONARCHYTHE GALLANT HORSEMAN WHO SUBDUED THE CRUEL APACHETHE LIFE-SAVERS WHO RISK THEIR LIVES FOR DUTYTHE DIPLOMAT WHO DID NOT FORGET THE DEBTTHE MARTYRED SEAMEN WHO BROKE THE BONDS OF TYRANNYTHE LIGHTHOUSE WOMAN ON THE CLIFFS OF LIME ROCKTHE COLLEGE STUDENT ON THE GREAT LAKESTHE LITTLE GENERAL WHO WON THE LOVE OF HIS ARMYTHE COMMANDER WHO SAVED THE GREAT LAKESTHE DYING WARRIER WHO STORMED A CITADELTHE SAINTLY FRIEND WHO LOVED HUMANITYTHE CONQUEROR WHO CARRIED THE FLAG INTO MEXICOTHE MECHANIC WHO FORCE THE WORLD TO TAKE HEEDTHE MAJOR-GENERAL WHO FOUGHT AS A COMMON SOLDIERA WOMAN’S COMPASSION IN THE WORLD OF DARKNESSTHE WOUNDED CAPTAIN WHO WOULD NOT GIVE UP HIS SHIPTHE WOODSMAN WHO SAVED A GREAT SEAPORTTHE PLOUGHMAN WHO HEARD THE ALARM OF HIS COUNTRYMAN’S AMBITION AND THE LURE OF THE LABRADORTHE PHILANTHROPIST WHO GAVE HIS LIVETHE AMERICAN WOMAN WHO APPEALED TO WOMANHOODTHE “WAR CHILD” OF THE BLUE AND THE GREYTHE WIRLESS OPERATOR WHI SAVED A THOUSAND LIVESTHE INDIAN PRINCESS WHO LOVE THE WHITE RACETHE SHIPWRECK OFF THE COAST OF NEW ENGLANDTHE GALLOWS AND THE FATHER OF TWENTY CHILDRENTHE TENNESSEE GIRL WHO GUIDE A CAVALRYTHE SUBMARINE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEATHE SEA FIGHTER WHO CHALLENGED THE WORLDTHE MILL BOY OF THE SLASHES WHO BECAME A STATESMANTHE FRONTIERSMAN IN THE GREAT SOUTHWESTTHE GIRL PILOT ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVERTHE BAYONET BRIGADE THAT CHARGED A FORT IN THE NIGHTTHE POOR INVENTOR WHO MADE THE WORLD RICHTHE TRAPPER IN THE WILDS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINSA THOUSAND HORSEMEN THAT ENCIRCLED A SLEEPING ARMYTHE CHILD BRIDE OF DELAWARE BAYTHE FARMER BOY WHO ROSE TO LEAD A GREAT ARMYTHE HEIRESS OF OLD KINGWOOD MANSIONTHE MISSION CHURCH IN THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOMTHE YOUNG LIEUTENANT IN THE HARBOR OF TRIPOLITHE SCHOOL GIRL WHO SAVED FORT HENRYTHE WRECKING TUG AT THE STATUE OF LIBERTYTHE SOLDIER’S WIFE IN THE SANTEE SWAMPTHE SURVEYOR WHO SAVED THE MIDDLE WESTTHE FLOOD THAT RACED WITH THE HORSEMAN OF CONEMAUGHTHE SCOUT’S SISTER WHO WAS HELD CAPTIVETHE FIREMEN WHO SAVE GREAT CITIESTHE NURSE WHO BECAME THE “ANGEL OF THE BATTLEFIELD”THE FUGITIVE BOY IN THE AMERICAN WILDERNESSTHE QUAKERESS WHOSE LIPS ALWAYS SPOKE THE TRUTHTHE NAVAL OFFICER WHO BLEW UP HIS SHIPTHE WOMEN “HERETIC” WHO DIED FOR HER CONSCIENCETHE BRIDGE BUILDER WHO UNITED TO GREAT CITIESTHE PIGRIM SOLDIER WHO CHALLENGED BARBARISMTHE SERGEANT WHO RESCUED THE FALLEN FLAGTHE PATHFINDER WHO SAVED A PROMISED LANDTHE SOUTHERN PLANTER WHO BECAME FATHER OF HIS COUNTRYBINDING AND HINGES GOODSOILING MARKS ON ½ TITLE PAGE AND FFEPTONING ON BLANK PAGESELSE, PAGES IN GOOD CONDITION GOOD LUCK BIDDING!!! PLEASE SEE MY OTHER BOOKS FOR SALE, THANK YOU!
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