. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . Jacks Discomfiture — Beautiful Kentucky — The Dark and Bloody Ground—Louisville Hospitality — Glimpses of Jackson — At the Hermitage — OldAlfreds Reminiscences — Relics and Stories — The Home and Character of OldHickory. • XI BESIDE THE MISSISSIPPI 173 Uncle Touts Latest — Mammoth Cave Explorers — The Birthplace of Lincoln— Across the Prairies — By the ••Father of Waters— Where Grant got HisExperience — A Leaders Life — A Heros Death. XII AT LINCOLNS HOME 193 The Mississippi Valley — Pioneers

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