Strange Stories from History for Young People

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YOUNG PEOPLE BY

GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON AUTHOR OF "RED EAGLE," "THE BIG BROTHER,"

HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE SERIES. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, USD1.00

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

THE STORY OF THE NEGRO FORT.

A WAR FOR AN ARCHBISHOP. THE CURIOUS STORY OF VLADIMIR THE GREAT.

THE BOY COMMANDER OF THE CAMISARDS.

THE CANOE FIGHT. AN INCIDENT OF THE CREEK WAR.

THE BATTLE OF LAKE BORGNE. HOW THE BRITISH MADE A LANDING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.

THE BATTLE IN THE DARK. HOW GENERAL JACKSON RECEIVED THE BRITISH.

THE TROUBLESOME BURGHERS.

THE DEFENCE OF ROCHELLE. HOW THE CITY OF REFUGE FOUGHT FOR LIBERTY.

THE SAD STORY OF A BOY KING.

TWO OBSCURE HEROES. HOW THE PARTISAN WARFARE IN THE CAROLINAS WAS BEGUN.

THE CHARGE OF THE HOUNDS. AN INCIDENT OF THE CREEK WAR.

THE STORY OF A WINTER CAMPAIGN.

YOUNG WASHINGTON IN THE WOODS. THE STORY OF A PERILOUS JOURNEY.

THE STORY OF CATHERINE.

THE VIRGINIA WIFE-MARKET. TWO SHIPLOADS OF SWEETHEARTS AND THE PRICES PAID FOR THEM.

THE BOYHOOD OF DANIEL WEBSTER. [A]

THE SCULLION WHO BECAME A SCULPTOR.

THE BOYHOOD OF WILLIAM CHAMBERS.

HOW A BOY WAS HIRED OUT, AND WHAT CAME OF IT.

THE WICKEDEST MAN IN THE WORLD.

A PRINCE WHO WOULD NOT STAY DEAD.

Title: Strange Stories from History for Young People

Author: George Cary Eggleston

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1

Note: Images of the original pages are available through the Kentuckiana Digital Library. See http://kdl.kyvl.org/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=kyetexts;cc=kyetexts;xc=1&idno=b92-202-30752275&view=toc

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STRANGE STORIES FROM HISTORY

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