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Dewey and other naval commanders
George Dewey (December 26, 1837 – January 16, 1917) was Admiral of the Navy, the only person in United States history to have attained the rank. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.Born in Montpelier, Vermont, Dewey entered the United States Naval Academy in 1854. He graduated from the academy in 1858 and was assigned as the executive…
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Notable voyagers, from Columbus to Nordenskiold
In the year 1486 a council of learned professors of geography, mathematics, and all branches of science, erudite friars, accomplished bishops, and other dignitaries of the Church, were seated in the vast arched hall of the old Dominican convent of Saint Stephen in Salamanca, then the great seat of learning in Spain. They had met to hear a simple mariner, then standing in their midst, propound a…
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Stories of great inventors
Robert Fulton (1765-1815) was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the first commercially successful steamboat. He also designed a new type of steam warship. In 1800 he was commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte to design Nautilus, which was the first practical submarine in history. Eli Whitney (1765-1825) was an American inventor best known as the inventor of th…
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Fifty famous people: a book of short stories
Offers stories about real persons who actually lived and performed their parts in the great drama of the world's history. Some of these persons were more famous than others, yet all have left enduring footprints on the 'sands of time,' and their names will be long remembered. Though not strictly biographical, each of the stories contains a basis of truth and an ethical lesson which cannot fail …
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The story of young Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln's grandfather, for whom he was named Abraham, was a distant cousin to Daniel Boone. The Boones and the Lincolns had intermarried for generations. The Lincolns were of good old English stock. When he was President, Abraham Lincoln, who had never given much attention to the family pedigree, said that the history of his family was well described by a single line in Gray's "Elegy": "The sho…
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Franz Liszt : the story of a boy who became a great pianist and teacher
The Child's Own Book of Great Musicians was a series of short books for children about famous composers.
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Handel : the story of a little boy who practiced in an attic
The Child's Own Book of Great Musicians was a series of short books for children about famous composers.
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Franz Schubert : the story of the boy who wrote beautiful songs
The Child's Own Book of Great Musicians was a series of short books for children about famous composers.
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Franz Joseph Haydn : the story of the choir boy who became a great composer
The Child's Own Book of Great Musicians was a series of short books for children about famous composers.
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