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 ,
Daniel Boone, the Kentucky Pioneer 1735-1820 ,
Daniel Webster, the Defender and Expounder of the Constitution 1782-1852 ,
Robert Fulton and the Steamboat, Fulton 1765-1815 ,
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