1895. American novelist and historian, Eggleston's novels depicting early life in southern Indiana have been widely read. The design of this volume is laid out in the Preface: This book is intended to serve three main purposes. One of these is to make school reading pleasant by supplying matter simple and direct in style, and sufficiently interesting and exciting to hold the reader's attention in a state of constant wakefulness; that is, to keep the mind in the condition in which instruction can be received with the greatest advantage. A second object is to cultivate an interest in narratives of fact by selecting chiefly incidents full of action, such as are attractive to the minds of boys and girls whose pulses are yet quick with youthful life. The early establishment of a preference for stories of this sort is the most effective antidote to the prevalent vice of reading inferior fiction for mere stimulation. But the principal aim of this book is to make the reader acquainted with American life and manners in other times. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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AMONG the people that came to Virginia in 1609, two years after the colony was planted, was a boy named Henry Spelman. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Great Turtle, Copper River, Lord Altham, Long Island, New York, United States, Cottonwood Creek, Henry Spelman, Major Powell, Grand Canyon, James Smith, Lieutenant Allen, New Orleans, Pacific Ocean, Peter Petersen, Sutter's Fort, Cape Cod, Fort Henry, Fort Niagara, James Annesley, Paul Revere, Rocky Mountains, Alvan Clark, Captain Bossu, Captain Sutter New!
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AMONG the people that came to Virginia in 1609, two years after the colony was planted, was a boy named Henry Spelman. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Great Turtle, Copper River, Lord Altham, Long Island, New York, United States, Cottonwood Creek, Henry Spelman, Major Powell, Grand Canyon, James Smith, Lieutenant Allen, New Orleans, Pacific Ocean, Peter Petersen, Sutter's Fort, Cape Cod, Fort Henry, Fort Niagara, James Annesley, Paul Revere, Rocky Mountains, Alvan Clark, Captain Bossu, Captain Sutter New!
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- Before the Revolution by Ngo Vinh Long on page 67
- Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans by Edward Eggleston in Front Matter
- A First Book in American History: With Special Reference to the Lives and Deeds of Great Americans by Edward Eggleston in Front Matter
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