True stories of great Americans for young Americans; telling in simple language suited to boys and girls, the inspiring stories of the lives of George Washington, John Paul Jones, Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, Robert E. Lee, George Peabody, Abraham Lincoln, Ulyses S. Grant, Jas. A. Garfield, Robert Fulton, Cyrus W. Field, Thos. A. Edison

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YOUNG WASHINGTON. SURVEYOR.

Introduction

There is nothing which our boys and girls so much love to read or have told to them as true stories of the lives of great and noble people. This is what this book does. It deals especially with the early life of each of twelve great men. It shows what were their natures and their habits when they were boys. It tells about their mothers and fathers and their homes ; it tells of the circumstances which surrounded them and relates scores of incidents of their boyhood days, their daily doings, their jolly sports, their trials and difficulties and how they met and overcame them. It shows us what books they read, what schooling they had, how they came to be great and famous men and the wonderful things they did in the world. This volume really composes twelve books —each one a separate and complete child's life of a great man.

Every boy and girl who reads this inspiring volume will want to get out and do something in the world. It is as charming and entertaining as a fairy tale, but every word of it is true history written in easy language for the boys and girls of America.