Lives of the presidentsTold in words of one syllableBy Jean SRemy .. . JOHN JAMES JAMES KNOX POLK. 49 JAMES KNOX POLK. As a boy James Knox Polk led a life that would pleasea good ma-ny of the boys of to-day. He was born in Meck-len-burg County, North Car-o-li-na, on No-vem-ber 3d, 1705 ;but in 1806 his fa-ther went to Duck Farm, Ten-nes-see, andlit-tle James, e-lev-en years old, was of much help in thenew home. Where the days work took the big, strong fa-ther, there went the small son ; if there was a long ride toget food or clothes from some big town, lit-tle James couldhelp c
Lives of the presidentsTold in words of one syllableBy Jean SRemy .. . JOHN JAMES JAMES KNOX POLK. 49 JAMES KNOX POLK. As a boy James Knox Polk led a life that would pleasea good ma-ny of the boys of to-day. He was born in Meck-len-burg County, North Car-o-li-na, on No-vem-ber 3d, 1705 ;but in 1806 his fa-ther went to Duck Farm, Ten-nes-see, andlit-tle James, e-lev-en years old, was of much help in thenew home. Where the days work took the big, strong fa-ther, there went the small son ; if there was a long ride toget food or clothes from some big town, lit-tle James couldhelp care for the hors-es and when his fa-ther and oth-ermen, for weeks at a time, were in the great, wild woods,hunt-ing, mak-ing new roads, or helping each oth-erbuild the log cab-ins, which were the homes of theseear-ly set-tiers, James would be there too, cook-ing mealsand keep-ing the camp neat and bright for the men whocame back tired and hun-gry at night. So years passed by with much work in the o-pen airand ht-tle of stud-y or books; but when James was four-teen years old it w
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