- Good Stories for Great Birthdays
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Frances Jenkins Olcott
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"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.
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- Chapters
- 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
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