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Title: American Men of Action
Author: Burton E. Stevenson
Release Date: August 10, 2005 [EBook #16508]
Language: English
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AMERICAN MEN OF ACTION
BY
BURTON E. STEVENSON
AUTHOR OF "A GUIDE TO BIOGRAPHY--MEN OF MIND," "A SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA," ETC.; COMPILER OF "DAYS AND DEEDS--POETRY," "DAYS AND DEEDS--PROSE," ETC.
GARDEN CITY NEW YORK:
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1913
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COPYRIGHT, 1909, 1910, BY
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
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[Illustration: WASHINGTON]
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CHAPTER
I.
--A TALK ABOUT BIOGRAPHY
II.--THE BEGINNERS
Summary to Chapter II
III.--WASHINGTON TO LINCOLN
Summary to Chapter III
IV--LINCOLN AND HIS SUCCESSORS
Summary to Chapter IV
V--STATESMEN
Summary to Chapter V
VI.--PIONEERS
Summary to Chapter VI
VII.--GREAT SOLDIERS
Summary to Chapter VII
VIII.--GREAT SAILORS
Summary to Chapter VIII
INDEX
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Wash