diplomat, scientist, philosopher, and man of letters,
Benjamin Franklin was the foremost American of his time. The story of
his life is an inspiring and stimulating narrative, with all the
fascination and interest of Colonial and Revolutionary America.

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Thomas A. Edison By Francis Rolt-Wheeler

Thomas Alva Edison is the typical American. From boyhood to ripest
manhood he has been keen to see an opportunity, and quick to turn that
opportunity to a practical use. His genius is peculiar because it is
so American.

Robert Fulton By Alice C. Sutcliffe

The life of Robert Fulton makes good reading. The story of his belief
in and work upon a submarine and his journeys to France and England to
lay his plans before the British Government--his steamboat, and the
years of study and labor which went toward perfecting it--his
paintings--his travels in foreign lands in days when American
travellers were few--combine to make one of the most interesting and
inspiring books of the series.

Robert E. Lee By Bradley Gilman

Robert E. Lee ranks with the greatest of all English-speaking military
leaders. Bradley Gilman has told the story of his life so as to reveal
the greatness and true personality of a man "who has left an enduring
memory of the highest idealism."

Davy Crockett By William C. Sprague

No fictitious tale of perils and adventures could surpass the true
story of Davy Crockett, pioneer. His life and adventures are closely
bound up with the greatest events of American history.

Nathan Hale By Jean Christie Root

There is hardly another story in the whole range of American history
which contains so much of inspiration and splendid heroism as that of
Nathan Hale.

"There is more than the work of a gifted biographer here. There is a
message."--_New York World._

U.S. Grant By F.E. Lovell Coombs

There is but little fiction which can compare in interest with the
true story of Ulysses S. Grant. Mr. Coombs has told it admirably.

Abraham Lincoln By Daniel E. Wheeler

Another view of the greatest product of American democracy. The
inspiring story of the great war President told with spirit in a new
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Daniel Boone By Lucile Gulliver

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