Book Cover of Hero Tales from American History

Hero Tales from American History

by Theodore Roosevelt

Its purpose … is to tell in simple fashion the story of some Americans who showed that they knew how to live and how to die; who proved their truth by their endeavor; and who joined to the stern and manly qualities which are essential to the well-being of a masterful race the virtues of gentleness, of patriotism, and of lofty adherence to an ideal.

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1895

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01 - Washington
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02 - Daniel Boone and the Founding of Kentucky
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03 - George Rogers Clark and the Conquest of the Northwest
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04 - The Battle of Trenton
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05 - Bennington
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06 - King's Mountain
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07 - The Storming of Stony Point
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08 - Gouverneur Morris
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09 - The Burning of the "Philadelphia"
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10 - The Cruise of the "Wasp"
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11 - The "General Armstrong" Privateer
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12 - The Battle of New Orleans
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13 - John Quincy Adams and the Right of Petition
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14 - Francis Parkman
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15 - "Remember the Alamo"
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16 - Hampton Roads
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17 - The Flag-Bearer
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18 - The Death of Stonewall Jackson
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19 - The Charge at Gettysburg
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20 - General Grant and the Vicksburg Campaign
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21 - Robert Gould Shaw
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22 - Charles Russell Lowell
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23 - Sheridan at Cedar Creek
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24 - Lt. Cushing and the Ram "Albermarle"
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25 - Farragut at Mobile Bay
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26 - Lincoln
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