Book Cover of Historic Girlhoods, Volume 1

Historic Girlhoods, Volume 1

by Rupert S. Holland

Biographical sketches of ten girls who became famous before becoming women - some not even making it to womanhood. From Joan of Arc to Catherine d'Medici; from Catherine the Great to Pocohontas. These inspirational stories will be of interest to young people and show what determination and luck can achieve.

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

Genre/Category

Biography Art

Tags/Keywords

History Young Autobiography Determination Historical Sketches

Authors

Rupert S. Holland

United States

Rupert Sargent Holland was an American author. His works include: Historic Boyhoods (1909), The Boy Scouts of Birchbark Island (1911), The Boy Scouts of Snowshoe Lodge (1915) and King Arthur and The K...

Books by Rupert S. Holland

Download eBooks

EPUB Kindle Text Read Online

Listen/Download Audiobook

Read by:
00:00
Playback Speed 1.0
00:00
  • Select Speed
Apple iTunes Audiobook Complete Audiobook ZIP

Related books

Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer Cover image

Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer by Dexter C. Bloomer

Step into the remarkable life of a pioneering advocate with "Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer" by Dexter C. Bloomer. Unveil the hidden chapters of...

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 7 Cover image

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 7 by Giorgio Vasari

Giorgio Vasari's "Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects" is a seminal work of art history. It provides detailed biographies o...

Ingersoll on ERNEST RENAN from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 11, Lecture 12 Cover image

Ingersoll on ERNEST RENAN from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 11, Lecture 12 by Robert G. Ingersoll

This book is a collection of lectures by Robert G. Ingersoll on famous people, including Ernest Renan. Ingersoll was one of the most famous orators of...

Claimants to Royalty Cover image

Claimants to Royalty by John Henry Ingram

'Claimants to Royalty' delves into the captivating world of historical impostors. It meticulously chronicles numerous individuals who, driven by ambit...

Ecce Homo Cover image

Ecce Homo by Friedrich Nietzsche

Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is is the last original book written by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche before his death in 1900. It was written i...

The Makers of Canada: Champlain Cover image

The Makers of Canada: Champlain by Narcisse-Eutropee Dionne

A biography of Samuel de Champlain, French explorer, founder of Quebec, and father of New France.

The Romance of Missionary Heroism Cover image

The Romance of Missionary Heroism by John Lambert

The title page gives this book the subtitle, “True stories of the intrepid bravery and stirring adventures of missionaries with uncivilized man, wild...

Vie de Rancé Cover image

Vie de Rancé by François-René de Chateaubriand

The "Vie de Rancé" is a hagiographic work by François-René de Chateaubriand that tells the life of Armand Jean Le Bouthillier de Rancé, the founder of...

Walden oder Leben in den Wäldern Cover image

Walden oder Leben in den Wäldern by Henry David Thoreau

Walden oder Leben in den Wäldern ist ein Buch von Henry David Thoreau, das erstmals 1854 veröffentlicht wurde. Es ist eine Reflexion über einfaches Le...

A Retrospect Cover image

A Retrospect by James Hudson Taylor

A young man with a dream to reach the unreached. J. Hudson Taylor was a missionary to China who founded the China Inland Mission. He is considered on...

Reviews for Historic Girlhoods, Volume 1

No reviews posted or approved, yet...