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The Child's Book of American Biography
by Mary Stoyell STIMPSON ( - )19 - Samuel Finley Breese Morse
In every country there have been certain men and women whose busy lives have made the world better or wiser. The names of such are heard so often that every child should know a few facts about them. It is hoped the very short stories told here may make boys and girls eager to learn more about these famous people. (from the Forward of the text)
Listen next episodes of The Child's Book of American Biography:
20 - William Hickling Prescott , 21 - Phillips Brooks , 22 - Samuel Clemens , 23 - Joe Jefferson , 24 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , 25 - James McNeill Whistler , 26 - Ralph Waldo Emerson , 27 - Jane Addams , 28 - Luther Burbank , 29 - Edward Alexander MacDowell , 30 - Thomas Alva Edison