Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962 / 2008-05-24 00:00:00

EBOOK AMERICAN MEN OF ACTION ***


Produced by Juliet Sutherland, David Gundry and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net




AMERICAN
MEN OF ACTION

BY

BURTON E. STEVENSON

AUTHOR OF "A GUIDE TO BIOGRAPHY--MEN OF MIND,"
"A SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA," ETC.; COMPILER OF
"DAYS AND DEEDS--POETRY," "DAYS AND
DEEDS--PROSE," ETC.

GARDEN CITY NEW YORK:
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1913

* * * * *

COPYRIGHT, 1909, 1910, BY
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

* * * * *

[Illustration: WASHINGTON]

* * * * *


CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I.--A TALK ABOUT BIOGRAPHY
II.--THE BEGINNERS
Summary to Chapter II
III.--WASHINGTON TO LINCOLN
Summary to Chapter III
IV--LINCOLN AND HIS SUCCESSORS
Summary to Chapter IV
V--STATESMEN
Summary to Chapter V
VI.--PIONEERS
Summary to Chapter VI
VII.--GREAT SOLDIERS
Summary to Chapter VII
VIII.--GREAT SAILORS
Summary to Chapter VIII
INDEX

* * * * *


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Washington _Frontispiece_
Columbus
Jefferson
Jackson
Lincoln
Cleveland
Franklin
Webster
Boone
Grant
Lee
Dewey

* * * * *


AMERICAN MEN OF ACTION

* * * * *


CHAPTER I
A TALK ABOUT BIOGRAPHY

No doubt most of you think biography dull reading.
Read more


Parts: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20