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In American History Stories, Volume 2

Read by Laura Caldwell

Mara L. Pratt

History is brought to life in the second volume of American History Stories by Mara L. Pratt. It is a wonderful introduction for children to…

Preface

In When Knights Were Bold

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Eva March Tappan

This book is in no degree an attempt to relate the involved and intricate history of the Middle Ages. Its plan is, rather, to present pictur…

13 - Chapter 13

In A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison

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James E. Seaver

Mrs. Mary Jemison was taken by the Indians, in the year 1755, when only about twelve years of age, and has continued to reside amongst them …

12 - Uncle John Gets Acquainted

In Aunt Jane's Nieces

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L. Frank Baum

Jane Merrick is a wealthy, elderly, difficult invalid woman who is preparing for her approaching death. In her youth, she inherited her mone…

Chapter XVI: Conduct Toward the Christians Pt. 2

In The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. II

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Edward Gibbon

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…

Chapter XXXVI

In A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln

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John G. Nicolay and John George Nicolay

John G. Nicolay was Abraham Lincoln’s private White House secretary. With assistant secretary, John Hay, he wrote the two volume definitive …

Alexandria

In Cleopatra

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Jacob Abbott

A biography of the famous Cleopatra of Egypt, written in a manner, equally interesting to children and to adults.

The Story of a Joyous Journey

In Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Part 5

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Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

Some years ago, the editor of an English magazine sent a communication to "the hundred greatest men in Great Britain" asking them …

Section 01

In Ruth of Boston: A Story of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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James Otis

James Otis wrote a series of books depicting life in the new colonies, written from a child's point of view. Ruth of Boston is the story of …

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