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Leonidas; The Greek Slave and the Little Roman Boy; The Lance of Kanana; The Boy Viking, Olaf II of Norway; Knighted by King Henry IV; Joan the Maid; The Greek Discoveries; Christmas with Queen Bess; The Mountain Men; Salt-Water Tea; The Story of Molly Pitcher; Daniel Boone's Rifle; Davy Crockett Legends; Napoleon; The Tree of Jade; Emmeline; Abe Lincoln's Books; Louisa Alcott, War Nurse; The Devil and Daniel Webster; Thunderbird Limps Home; MacArthur Scores Again; A Saga of World War II

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Beardsley, William W. (Editorial director)
Bennett, John (Contributor)
Brooks, Elbridge S. (Contributor)
Eastman, Alexander (Contributor)
French, Harry W. (Contributor)
Hall, James Norman (Contributor)
Hall, Jennie (Contributor)
Hough, Emerson (Contributor)
Lang, Andrew (Contributor)
Meigs, Cornelia (Contributor)
Neilson, William Allan (Introduction)
Pain, Ralph D. (Contributor)
Pyle, Howard (Contributor)
Repplier, Agnes (Contributor)
Rourke, Constance (Contributor)
Sandburg, Carl (Contributor)
Singmaster, Elsie (Contributor)
White, Stewart Edward (Contributor)

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Canonical title
Stories From History
Alternate titles
Leonidas; The Greek Slave and the Little Roman Boy (by Jennie Hall) (by Jennie Hall); The Lance of Kanana (by Harry W. French) (by Harry W. French); The Boy Viking, King Olaf II of Norway (by Elbridge S. Brooks) (by Elbridge S. Brooks); Knighted by King Henry IV (by Howard Pyle) (by Howard Pyle); Joan the Maid (by Andrew Lang) (by Andrew Lang); The Great Discoveries (by Hendrik Willem Van Loon) (by Hendrik Willem Van Loon) (show all 21); Christmas With Queen Bess (by John Bennett) (by John Bennett); The Mountain Man (by Constance Lindsay Skinner) (by Constance Lindsay Skinner); Jabez Rockwell's Powder Horn (by Ralph D. Pain) (by Ralph D. Pain); The Story of Molly Pitcher (by Agnes Repplier) (by Agnes Repplier); Daniel Boone's Rifle (by Stewart Edward White) (by Stewart Edward White); Davy Crockett Legends (by Constance Rourke) (by Constance Rourke); Kit Carson's Duel (by Emerson Hough) (by Emerson Hough); Napoleon (by Hendrik Willem Van Loon) (by Hendrik Willem Van Loon); The Tree of Jade (by Cornelia Meigs) (by Cornelia Meigs); Emmeline (by Elsie Singmaster) (by Elsie Singmaster); Abe Lincoln's Books (by Carl Sandburg) (by Carl Sandburg); Louisa Alcott, War-Nurse (by Cornelia Meigs) (by Cornelia Meigs); My Indian Childhood (by Charles Alexander Eastman) (by Charles Alexander Eastman); John Slaughter's Way (by Frederick R. Bechdolt) (by Frederick R. Bechdolt); Combat in the Air (by James Norman Hall) (by James Norman Hall)
Original publication date
1938
People/Characters
Olaf II of Norway (Saint, Olaf Haraldsson, Olaf the Holy, 995? to 1030); Elizabeth I, Queen of England; Jabez Rockwell; Molly Pitcher; Daniel Boone; Davy Crockett (show all 11); Kit Carson; Napoleon Bonaparte; Abraham Lincoln; Louisa May Alcott; John Slaughter
First words
An army lay encamped on a little plain.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)When we shook hands and said good-by, I resolved that someday I would go back to that lovely, generous place, and if God is willing I will.

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Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS
808.2Literature & rhetoricLiterature, rhetoric & criticismCompositionRhetoric of drama
LCC
PZ5 .N37Language and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres

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