Project Gutenberg 2011-02-19 Public domain in the USA. 298 Huntington, Faye 1838 1923 Foster, Theodosia Maria Toll Toll, Theodosia Maria Penn, Aunt Aunt Penn Stories of Great Men Alexander the Great -- Addison, Joseph -- Agassiz, Louis John Rudolph -- Bacon, Francis -- Caesar, Caius Julius -- Disraeli, Benjamin -- Everett, Edward -- Farragut, David Glasgow -- Gordon, Charles George -- Hannibal -- Irving, Washington -- Judson, Adoniram -- Knox, John -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Morse, Samuel Finley Breese -- Newton, Sir Isaac -- Obookiah, Henry -- Penn, William -- Quincy, Josiah -- Rush, Benjamin -- Savonarola, Girolamo -- Tennyson, Alfred -- Ulfila -- Vincent, Rev. John H., D.D. -- Webster, Daniel -- Xenophon. Produced by Peter Vachuska, Jason Isbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Stories of Great Men" by Faye Huntington is a collection of biographical sketches written in the late 19th century. The book highlights the lives of various notable historical figures, exploring their achievements and the impact they had on society. Each chapter is dedicated to a different individual, presenting inspirational accounts of their contributions and challenges. At the start of the book, the author introduces Alexander the Great, noting both his military prowess and his complex character. The narrative details his early life as the son of King Philip of Macedonia, his education under Aristotle, and his swift rise to power following his father's assassination. It describes Alexander's conquests and brutal reputation, touching on significant events such as his victory over Darius III of Persia and his infamous cutting of the Gordian knot. The opening sets the tone for a broader examination of greatness, depicting the duality of Alexander's achievements as a military leader and the moral ambiguities of his reign. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Soldiers -- Juvenile literature Kings and rulers -- Juvenile literature Inventors -- Juvenile literature CT Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - General 176523 176530 2024-09-15T04:56:12.916744 2023-09-15T10:38:06.502585 text/html text/html 174373 2021-01-07T12:43:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 11684752 2021-01-07T12:43:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 12232549 2024-09-15T04:56:19.747753 application/epub+zip 12226310 2024-09-15T04:56:14.986733 application/epub+zip 120623 2024-09-15T04:56:13.670739 application/epub+zip 12334425 2024-09-15T04:56:23.355711 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 12299046 2024-09-15T04:56:18.331781 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 205825 2022-09-16T08:14:39.416620 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 149011 148910 2024-09-15T04:56:12.309767 2023-09-15T10:38:05.656581 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 148892 2021-01-07T12:43:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 58220 2021-01-07T12:43:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 148895 2021-01-07T12:43:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 58200 2021-01-07T12:43:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21008 2024-09-15T04:56:23.502683 application/rdf+xml 12698 2024-09-15T04:56:14.016746 image/jpeg 3321 2024-09-15T04:56:13.842753 image/jpeg 11767768 2024-09-15T04:56:13.069763 application/octet-stream application/zip 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