This little book is intended by the writer as an introduction to his larger work entitled The Leading Facts of American History.
• Chapters:
1. Christopher Columbus
2. John Cabot
3. Ponce de Leon, Balboa, and De Soto
4. Sir Walter Raleigh
5. Captain John Smith
6. Captain Henry Hudson
7. Captain Myles Standish
8. Lord Baltimore
9. Roger Williams
10. King Philip
11. William Penn
12. General James Oglethorpe
13. Benjamin Franklin
14. George Washington
15. Daniel Boone
16. General James Robertson and Governor John Sevier
17. General George Rogers Clark
18. General Rufus Putnam
19. Eli Whitney
20. Thomas Jefferson
21. Robert Fulton
22. General William Henry Harrison
23. General Andrew Jackson
24. Professor Morse
25. General Sam Houston
26. Captain Robert Gray
27. Captain Sutter
28. Abraham Lincoln
29. Since the Civil War
It is in no sense an abridgement of the larger history, but is practically an entirely new and distinct work.
Its object is to present clearly and accurately those facts and principles in the lives of some of the chief founders and builders of America which would be of interest and value to pupils beginning the study of our history. Throughout the book great care has been taken to relate only such incidents and anecdotes as are believed to rest on unexceptionable authority.
The words quoted literally in this book are enclosed in double quotation marks; those quoted in substance only are enclosed in single marks; while those attributed by the writer to different speakers have no marks.
In this edition the paging has been changed, but the numbering of the paragraphs remains the same.
