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Title: Historic Boyhoods
Author: Rupert Sargent Holland
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HISTORIC BOYHOODS
by
RUPERT S. HOLLAND
Author of "The Count at Harvard," "Builders of United Italy," etc.
[Illustration: THE FLEET OF COLUMBUS NEARING AMERICA]
Philadelphia George W. Jacobs & Company Publishers
Copyright, 1909, by George W. Jacobs and Company
Published October, 1909
All rights reserved
Printed in U.S.A.
_To the dear memory of L.B.R._
The thanks of the author are due the Century Company for permission to
reprint certain of these stories which appeared in _Saint Nicholas_ in
shorter form.
CONTENTS
I. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
The Boy of Genoa
II. MICHAEL ANGELO
The Boy of the Medici Gardens
III. WALTER RALEIGH
The Boy of Devon
IV. PETER THE GREAT
The Boy of the Kremlin
V. FREDERICK THE GREAT
The Boy of Potsdam
VI. GEORGE WASHINGTON
The Boy of the Old Dominion
VII. DANIEL BOONE
The Boy of the Frontier
VIII. JOHN PAUL JONES
The Boy of the Atlantic
IX. MOZART
The Boy of Salzburg
X. LAFAYETTE
The
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