Young folks' story of our country; a thrilling and accurate history of America, told in the simple language of childhood .. . n 202 Lieutenant Cushings Attack on the Albemarle 204 John Tyler •. 206 James Knox Polk 208 Zachary Taylor 210 Early Home of Abraham Lincoln 212 Millard Fillmore 214 Franklin Pierce 216 Admiral Farragut 218 James Buchanan 220 General W. T. Sherman 222 A Railroad Batterj^ 225 Andrew Johnson 226 U. S. Grant 228 Rutherford B. Hayes 230 James A. Garfield 232 Chester A. Arthur 234 Grover Cleveland 236 Benjamin Harrison 238 President McKinley and Cabinet 240 Navy Officers 242
Young folks' story of our country; a thrilling and accurate history of America, told in the simple language of childhood .. . n 202 Lieutenant Cushings Attack on the Albemarle 204 John Tyler •. 206 James Knox Polk 208 Zachary Taylor 210 Early Home of Abraham Lincoln 212 Millard Fillmore 214 Franklin Pierce 216 Admiral Farragut 218 James Buchanan 220 General W. T. Sherman 222 A Railroad Batterj^ 225 Andrew Johnson 226 U. S. Grant 228 Rutherford B. Hayes 230 James A. Garfield 232 Chester A. Arthur 234 Grover Cleveland 236 Benjamin Harrison 238 President McKinley and Cabinet 240 Navy Officers 242 Army Officers 244 Rear Admiral Dewey 246 Rear Admiral William T. Sampson 248 Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley 250 Battleship Maine 252 Protected Cruiser Olympia 252 Battleship Oregon 254 Armored Cruiser New York 254 Battleship Iowa 256 Protected Cruiser Boston 256 Battleship Indiana 258 Armored Cruiser Brooklyn 258 General Maximo Gomez 260 Admiral Deweys Victory at Manila 262 The Fighting Line at Santiago 264 The Destruction of Admiral Cerveras Fleet 266 Cuban Soldiers going to the Front 268 A Wounded Volunteer 268. HON. WILLIAM McKINLEY. YOUNG FOLKSSTORY OF OUR COUNTRY CHAPTER I. COLUMBUS AND HIS VOYAGES. In the year 1435 ^ ^O was born to an Italian wool-carder by the name oiCo-lum-bus. The boy was called Chris-to-pher and grew to be a fine, handsomelad. He was kind and obedient to his father, but like many boys he longedto become a sailor. But he loved books almost as well as he loved the sea, andso he spent his leisure moments in study. It was probably from reading theworks of old scholars that he conceived the idea that the world was it seemed natural that if it was a sphere it would be possible by sailingwestward to reach the rich countries of In-di-a, Tar-ta-ry and Cath-ay. Co-lum-bus became so interested that he could think of nothing else butthe wonderful discoveries that would result if his plan could only be carried who could he get to help him?
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