Good Stories for Great Birthdays

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - General

Authors: Frances Jenkins Olcott In Year : 1922

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Good Stories for Great Birthdays

Foreward
October 12 Columbus and Discoverer's Day
October 14 William Penn, The Founder of Pennsylvania
October 27 Theodore Roosevelt, America's Hero: The Square Deal, Theodore Roosevelt
October 30 John Adams, The Son of Liberty
November 15 William Pitt, Defender of America
December 2 Dom Pedro the Second, the Magnanimus, the Best Republican in Brazil
December 20 William Bradford, and the Landing of the Pilgrims
January 7 General Israel Putnam, 'Old Put'
January 11 Alexander Hamilton, Defender of the Constitution
January 17 Benjamin Franklin, the American Socrates
February 12 Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator
February 22 George Washington, The Father of his Country Part 1
February 22 George Washington, The Father of his Country Part 2
February 25 Jose de San Martin of Argentina, The Protector Part 1
February 25 Jose de San Martin of Argentina, The Protector Part 2
March 15 Andrew Jackson, Old Hickory
April 13 Thomas Jefferson, The Framer of the Declaration of Independence
May 29 Patrick Henry, The Orator of the War for Independence
June 9 Francisco de Miranda of Venezuela, the Flaming Son of Liberty
June 23-24 Roger Williams and the Founding of Providence
July 6 John Paul Jones, America's Immortal Sea-Fighter
July 24 Simon Bolivar of Venezuela, the Liberator
August 20 Bernardo O'Higgins, First Soldier, First Citizen of Chile
September 6 The Marquis de Lafayette, the Friend of America
September 24 John Marshall, the Expounder of the Constitution

"Here are over 200 stories celebrating 23 great birthdays of patriot-founders and upbuilders of the Republics of both North and South America. In the stories are more than 75 historical characters, men, women, and children. The arrangement follows the school-year, beginning in October with Columbus." The stories included are to be read by or to children as an introduction to the biographies of many fascinating and important Americans. - Summary by From the Preface and by Lynne Thompson