A Child's Guide to Biography: American Men of ActionThe Minerva Group, Inc., 2001 - 390 Seiten Burton Egbert Stevenson (1872-1962) was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, and studied (1890-93) at Princeton. He was founder (1918) of the American Library in Paris and director (1918-20, 1925-30). For 58 years (1899-1957), Stevenson was Librarian of the City Library of Chillicothe, Ohio during which time he compiled anthologies, wrote historical fiction and childrens books, two travel books and a number of detective fiction novels, including "The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet" (1912), which was adapted for the film In the Next Room (1930).CONTENTSA Talk About BiographyThe BeginnersWashington to LincolnLincoln and His SuccessorsStatesmenPioneersGreat SoldiersGreat Sailors |
Inhalt
CHAPTER | 11 |
THE BEGINNERS | 25 |
WASHINGTON TO LINCOLN | 76 |
IVLINCOLN AND HIS SUCCESSORS | 129 |
VSTATESMEN | 169 |
PIONEERS | 214 |
GREAT SOLDIERS | 262 |
GREAT SAILORS | 320 |
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