Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans

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Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans is a book by Edward Eggleston. The contents list includes stories titled The First Governor in Boston, Marquette in Iowa, Indian Pictures and William Penn and the Indians. A story about Franklin says he would try to catch a little bit of lightning and wanted a kite that would fly when it rained.

A story about a boy named Robert says he came to have something beaten into his head, not into his knuckles. The book also says the hunters shot wild ducks, wild turkeys, wild geese, and pigeons, and that people also caught many fishes out of the rivers.

About the author

Edward Eggleston

Edward Eggleston (1837 to 1902) was an American historian and novelist, best known for The Hoosier Schoolmaster. A former Methodist preacher, he wrote realistic fiction about ordinary American life and later turned to writing social history.