American Leaders and Heroes
by Wilbur F. GORDY (1854 - 1929)
Historian Wilbur F. Gordy presents short chapters on well-known American figures from the viewpoint of the early twentieth century, including explorers, political leaders, military figures and inventors. - Summary by Larry Wilson
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American Leaders and Heroes:
Abraham Lincoln, the Liberator of the Slaves 1809-1865 ,
Andrew Jackson, the Upholder of the Union 1767-1845 ,
Benjamin Franklin and Aid from France 1706-1790 ,
Daniel Boone, the Kentucky Pioneer 1735-1820 ,
Daniel Webster, the Defender and Expounder of the Constitution 1782-1852 ,
George Washington, the Boy Surveyor and Young Soldier 1732-1799 ,
George Washington, the Virginia Planter and the Revolutionary Soldier 1732-1799 ,
James Wolfe, the Hero of 1727-1759 ,
Nathaniel Greene, the Hero of the South, and Francis Marion, the ''Swamp Fox,'' 1742-1786 ,
Patrick Henry and the Stamp Act 1736-1799 ,
Paul Revere and the Battle of Concord and Lexington 1735-1818 ,
Robert Fulton and the Steamboat, Fulton 1765-1815 ,
Samuel Adams and the Boston Tea Party 1722-1803 ,
Samuel Finley Breese Morse and the Electric Telegraph 1791-1872 ,
Some Leaders and Heroes in the War with Spain 1898-1899 ,
Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase 1743-1826 ,
Ulysses Simpson Grant and the Civil War 1822-1885