JOHN SMITH, THE CAPTAIN OF MANY ADVENTURES 145 CHAMPLAIN, THE FATHER OF NEW FRANCE 151 MYLES STANDISH, THE BRAVE LITTLE CAPTAIN OF PLYMOUTH 160 JOHN WINTHROP, A PURITAN MAKER OF MASSACHUSETTS 170 ROGER WILLIAMS, A MINISTER WHO LIVED THE GOLDEN RULE 176 LORD BALTIMORE, CALVERT AND CLAIBORNE, THE THREE FATHERS OF MARYLAND 180 WILLIAM PENN, THE FOUNDER OF PENNSYLVANIA 185 PATRIOTS OF THE REVOLUTION PATRICK HENRY, THE “FIREBRAND OF THE REVOLUTION” 190 NATHAN HALE, WHO SPOKE THE BRAVEST WORDS IN HISTORY 194 LAFAYETTE, THE BOY HERO OF TWO WORLDS 201 THE IMMORTAL REPLY OF JOHN PAUL JONES 208 GENERAL MARION, THE CAROLINA “SWAMP FOX” 217 WINNERS OF THE WEST WOLFE AND MONTCALM, THE RIVAL HEROES OF QUEBEC 224 DANIEL BOONE, THE GREAT INDIAN FIGHTER OF KENTUCKY 232 GEORGE ROGERS CLARK, THE YOUNG HERO WITH A GREAT IDEA 240 LEWIS AND CLARK, TWO ADVENTURERS IN THE FAR WEST 247 DAVID CROCKETT, THE HERO OF THE ALAMO 258 FAMOUS INVENTORS HOW ELI WHITNEY MADE COTTON KING 266 “FULTON’S FOLLY” 270 HOW MORSE SENT LETTERS BY LIGHTNING 274 CYRUS H. MCCORMICK AND THE STORY OF THE REAPER 279 ELIAS HOWE AND HIS SEWING MACHINE 282 EDISON, THE WIZARD OF MANY INVENTIONS 285 THE GREATEST AMERICANS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, THE BOY WHO WAS DILIGENT IN BUSINESS 292 GEORGE WASHINGTON AND HIS MOTHER 296 ALEXANDER HAMILTON, THE ORPHAN BOY FROM THE WEST INDIES 301 THOMAS JEFFERSON, THE FATHER OF DEMOCRACY 309 ANDREW JACKSON, AMERICA’S MOST POPULAR HERO 315 WEBSTER, CLAY, CALHOUN, THREE GREAT CHAMPIONS IN CONGRESS 320 THE KIND HEART OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN 327 ULYSSES S. GRANT, THE GENERAL WHO HATED WAR 332 THE NOBLE SOUL OF ROBERT E. LEE 341 DAVID FARRAGUT, THE HERO OF MOBILE BAY 346 THE STRENUOUS LIFE OF ROOSEVELT 352 CLARA BARTON, “THE ANGEL OF THE BATTLE-FIELD” 358 HENRY W. LONGFELLOW, THE AMERICAN CHILDREN’S POET 365 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE FRANKLIN’S BOOKSHOP IN PHILADELPHIA _Frontispiece_