A Child's Guide to Biography: American Men of Action

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The Minerva Group, Inc., 2001 - 390 pages
Burton Egbert Stevenson (1872-1962) was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, and studied (1890-93) at Princeton. He was founder (1918) of the American Library in Paris and director (1918-20, 1925-30). For 58 years (1899-1957), Stevenson was Librarian of the City Library of Chillicothe, Ohio during which time he compiled anthologies, wrote historical fiction and childrens books, two travel books and a number of detective fiction novels, including "The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet" (1912), which was adapted for the film In the Next Room (1930).CONTENTSA Talk About BiographyThe BeginnersWashington to LincolnLincoln and His SuccessorsStatesmenPioneersGreat SoldiersGreat Sailors
 

Contents

CHAPTER
11
THE BEGINNERS
25
WASHINGTON TO LINCOLN
76
IVLINCOLN AND HIS SUCCESSORS
129
VSTATESMEN
169
PIONEERS
214
GREAT SOLDIERS
262
GREAT SAILORS
320
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