Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2007-12-17 Public domain in the USA. 88 Eggleston, George Cary 1839 1911 Strange Stories from History for Young People Reading ease score: 71.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by David Garcia, Annie McGuire, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) "Strange Stories from History for Young People" by George Cary Eggleston is a historical collection of tales aimed at younger audiences, likely penned in the late 19th century. The book compiles a series of lesser-known yet captivating historical narratives, drawing upon a variety of tales that are said to be unfamiliar to youthful readers, which seek to invoke a sense of adventure and curiosity about the past. The opening portion of the book introduces the preface, where Eggleston outlines his intent to share intriguing historical accounts that are not often heard, emphasizing accessibility and engaging storytelling. He explains that the stories are based on historical facts, collected from various sources, and aims to present them in a dramatic yet straightforward manner. The first tale recounts a series of events during the War of 1812 regarding the "Negro Fort," a stronghold set up by a runaway slave and a band of outlaws, detailing the tensions it created along the American frontiers before it was ultimately destroyed, marking the start of an action-packed exploration into history that promises excitement for young readers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World history -- Juvenile literature D PZ Text Children's History Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General 249562 249298 2024-10-10T10:19:04.818805 2023-09-10T12:27:56.649743 text/html text/html 247248 2007-12-17T18:21:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 853864 2021-01-03T04:57:39 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 975038 2024-10-10T10:19:12.428799 application/epub+zip 976450 2024-10-10T10:19:08.426782 application/epub+zip 153670 2024-10-10T10:19:07.096792 application/epub+zip 1174209 2024-10-10T10:19:15.558735 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1147647 2024-10-10T10:19:11.582801 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 318963 2022-09-11T07:35:20.168875 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229184 228974 2024-10-10T10:19:04.240796 2023-09-10T12:27:56.233732 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 228790 2021-01-03T04:57:39 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 85377 2021-01-03T04:57:39 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 228804 2021-01-03T04:57:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 85373 2021-01-03T04:57:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22039 2024-10-10T10:19:15.688726 application/rdf+xml 18164 2024-10-10T10:19:07.660804 image/jpeg 4060 2024-10-10T10:19:07.380774 image/jpeg 941033 2024-10-10T10:19:04.882852 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia