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Good stories for great birthdays / arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading

Chapter 302: II
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About This Book

A curated collection of short, child-friendly historical narratives arranged around the birthdays of notable figures from North and South America and sequenced through the school year. Each tale emphasizes vivid personal anecdotes, formative childhood incidents, and examples of courage, kindness, or perseverance rather than lists of dates or battlefield details, making prominent lives suitable for storytelling and read-aloud use. The volume gathers over two hundred pieces featuring more than seventy individuals—founders, jurists, inventors, and reformers—accompanied by illustrations, programmatic appendices for classroom planning, and a subject index to aid selection.

The teacher or story-teller is advised to read the whole or parts of the “Farewell Address” aloud to the boys and girls. They may memorize selected passages. A reliable text of the address may be found in “Old South Leaflets,” No. 4; also in the Riverside Literature Series, No. 190.

1799 Washington’s Death
Light Horse Harry (famous funeral oration before Congress), p. 217
A King of Men, p. 233
When Washington Died, p. 234

1801-1835 Expounding the Constitution (John Marshall)
The Boy of the Frontier, p. 427
The Young Lieutenant, p. 433
Serving the Cause, p. 434
At Valley Forge, p. 435
Silver Heels, p. 436
Without Bread, p. 437
His Father, p. 438
His Mother, p. 438
Three Stories, p. 439
The Constitution, p. 442
Expounding the Constitution, p. 444
The Great Chief Justice, p. 446
What of the Constitution, p. 448

1812-15 Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812 and the Creek War
Fort Mims, p. 289
Davy Crockett, p. 290
Chief Weatherford, p. 291
Sam Houston, p. 295
Why Jackson was Named Old Hickory, p. 297
The Cotton-Bales, p. 299
After the Battle of New Orleans, p. 300

1820 Missouri Compromise
Only a Reprieve, p. 310

1823 Monroe Doctrine
Hail! Neighbour Republics! p. 266
America for the Americans, p. 268

1824-25 Lafayette Visits America
We are Grateful, Lafayette! p. 420
Welcome! Friend of America! p. 422

1826 Fiftieth Anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence
His Last Toast (John Adams), p. 91
On the Fourth of July (Jefferson), p. 313

1861-65 War for the Union, and Abraham Lincoln
Only a Reprieve, p. 310
The Cabin in the Clearing, p. 175
How He Learned to be Just, p. 176
Off to New Orleans, p. 177
The Kindness of Lincoln, p. 178
Lincoln and the Children, p. 181
The President and the Bible, p. 183
Washington and Lincoln, Speak! p. 185
Gettysburg Address, p. 186

1858-1919 Theodore Roosevelt and the Liberation of Cuba
The Boy Who Grew Strong, p. 45
Sagamore Hill, p. 50
The Children of Sagamore Hill, p. 52
Off with John Burroughs, p. 53
The Big Stick, p. 54
A-Hunting Trees with John Muir, p. 55
The Bear Hunters’ Dinner, p. 56
Hunting in Africa, p. 57
The Ever Faithful Island, p. 59
The Colonel of the Rough Riders, p. 61
The River of Doubt, p. 65
Theodore Roosevelt (a Tribute), p. 69

II

STORY PROGRAMME OF SOUTH AMERICA’S STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE

The reader, teacher, or story-teller, who follows this outline, will find that it covers a short consecutive history of one of the most important and courageous world-struggles for Freedom.

Portuguese America—Brazil—holds the honour of having declared its Republic with practically no shedding of blood.

The struggle of the Spanish-American Colonies was conducted for long years against fearful odds. And their winning of the victory helped to make permanent the independence if both North and South America. Therefore, every school child in the United States should know something of the heroic history of our neighbour Republics.

SPANISH AMERICA

Discovery
The Sea of Darkness, p.
3
The Fortunate Isles, p. 5
The Absurd Truth, p. 7
Cathay the Golden, p. 10
The Emerald Islands, p. 12
The Magnificent Return, p. 13
The Fatal Pearls, p. 15
Queen Isabella’s Page, p. 21
The Twin Cities, p. 24
The Pearls Again, p. 26

Spanish America under Spain’s Rule
The Spanish Galleons, p. 327

Venezuela’s Struggle for Independence (Miranda)
The Romance of Miranda, p. 331
The Mysterious Stranger, p. 89
The Mystery Ship, p. 335
The End of the Mystery Ship, p. 339
The Great and Glorious Fifth, p. 341
A Terrible Thing, p. 343
End of the Romance, p. 344

Venezuela’s Struggle for Independence (Bolivar)
The Precious Jewel, p. 373
The Fiery Young Patriot, p. 376
Seeing Bolivar, p. 378
Uncle Paez, the Lion of the Apure, p. 382
Angostura, p. 384

Great Colombia (formed by Bolivar)
The Crossing, p. 385
Peru Next, p. 388

Argentina’s Struggle for Independence (San Martin)
The Boy Soldier, p. 237
The Patriot Who Kept Faith, p. 238
When San Martin Came, p. 240
Argentina’s Independence Day, p. 243
A Great Idea, p. 243
The Mighty Andes, p. 245
The Real San Martin, p. 247
The Fighting Engineer of the Andes, p. 248

Chile’s Struggle for Independence (San Martin and O’Higgins)
The Son of the Barefoot Boy, p. 395
The Single Star Flag, p. 397
The Hero of Rancagua, p. 398
The Hannibal of the Andes, p. 249
Not for Himself, p. 254
Cochrane, El Diablo, p. 255

Peru’s Struggle for Independence (San Martin)
Our Brothers, Ye Shall be Free! p. 256
The Fall of the City of the Kings, p. 257
San Martin the Conqueror, p. 261
Lima’s Greatest Day, p. 265
Hail! Neighbour Republics! p. 266
America for the Americans, p. 268

Guayaquil (now in Ecuador); its Struggle for Independence
What One American Did, p. 271
The Amazing Meeting, p. 272

End of the Struggle of Peru and Chile for Independence (Bolivar and O’Higgins)
What Happened Afterward, p. 274
The Mystery Solved, p. 276
The Patriot Ruler, p. 400
First Soldier, First Citizen, p. 402
Chile as She is, p. 403
The Break, p. 389
Bolivar, the Man, p. 390

Other Spanish-American Republics
The Break, p. 389
One of Twenty, p. 405

Spain’s Last Stand, Cuba
The Ever Faithful Island, p. 59
The Colonel of the Rough Riders, p. 61

Arbitration and Peace
The Better Way, p. 406

PORTUGUESE AMERICA

Brazil (Don Pedro)
The Brazils Magnificent, p. 111
The Empire of the Southern Cross, p. 112
Making the Little Emperor, p. 113
The Patriot Emperor, p. 115
The United States of Brazil, p. 120

SUBJECT INDEX

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y.