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Title: Hero Stories from American History
For Elementary Schools

Author: Albert F. Blaisdell
Francis K. Ball

Release Date: January 26, 2010 [EBook #31092]

Language: English

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[Frontispiece: "'Tis the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!"]

HERO STORIES
FROM AMERICAN HISTORY

_FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS_

BY

ALBERT F. BLAISDELL
AUTHOR OF "STORIES FROM ENGLISH HISTORY," "THE STORY OF AMERICAN
HISTORY," ETC., ETC.

AND

FRANCIS K. BALL
INSTRUCTOR IN THE PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY

GINN AND COMPANY
BOSTON . NEW YORK . CHICAGO . LONDON
ATLANTA . DALLAS . COLUMBUS . SAN FRANCISCO

ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL
COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY ALBERT F. BLAISDELL AND FRANCIS K. BALL
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Athenaeum Press
GINN AND COMPANY . PROPRIETORS . BOSTON . U.S.A.

TO
Edwin Ginn
FINANCIER EDUCATOR PHILANTHROPIST

PREFACE

This book is intended to be used as a supplementary historical reader
for the sixth and seventh grades of our public schools, or for any
other pupils from twelve to fifteen years of age. It is also designed
for collateral reading in connection with the study of a formal
text-book on American history.

The period here included is the first fifty years of our national
life. No attempt has been made, however, to present a connected
account, or to furnish a bird's-eye view, of this half century.

It is the universal testimony of experienced teachers that such
materials as are pervaded with reality serve a useful purpose with
young pupils. The reason is plain. Historical matter that is instinct
with human life attracts and holds the attention of boys and girls,
and whets their desire to know more of the real meaning of their
country's history. For this reason the authors have selected rapid
historical narratives, tr