True Stories of Great Americans for Young Americans (Rare Collector's Series)

First published in 1898, this single volume is packed with seldom-heard incidents from the lives of twenty-two great American role models, including Washington, Franklin, Lincoln, Lee, Grant, Garfield, Fulton, Edison, Alcott, Madison, and mare. It depicts their natures and habits as young people, and relates scores of incidents of their childhood days, trials, and difficulties, and how they came to be great and famous. Every boy or girl who reads this inspiring volume will want to get out and do something in the world!