Chapter I: WANT TO SAY THAT ANDREW JACKSON, Theodore Roosevelt 280

MISCHIEVOUS ANDY, _James Parton_ 281

READING THE DECLARATION 282

OUT AGAINST TARLETON, _James Parton_ 283

AN ORPHAN OF THE REVOLUTION, _James Parton_ 285

THE HOOTING IN THE WILDERNESS, _James Parton_ 286

FORT MIMS 289

DAVY CROCKETT 290

CHIEF WEATHERFORD, _James Parton_ 291

SAM HOUSTON 295

WHY JACKSON WAS NAMED OLD HICKORY, _James Parton_ 297

THE COTTON-BALES 299

AFTER THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS, _James Parton_ 300

APRIL 13

THOMAS JEFFERSON, THE FRAMER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

THE FOURTH OF JULY, _Hezekiah Butterworth_ 304

THE BOY OWNER OF SHADWELL FARM, _James Parton_ 305

A CHRISTMAS GUEST, _James Parton_ 306

THE AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION 308

PROCLAIM LIBERTY 309

ONLY A REPRIEVE 310

ON THE FOURTH OF JULY 313

MAY 29

PATRICK HENRY, THE ORATOR OF THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE

TO THE READER, _Patrick Henry_ 316

THE ORATOR OF THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE, _Charles Morris_ 317
A Surprise to All
A Failure That Was a Success
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!

FACING DANGER 322

JUNE 9

FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA OF VENEZUELA, THE FLAMING SON OF LIBERTY

THE PRINCE OF FILIBUSTERS, _William Spence Robertson_ 326

THE SPANISH GALLEONS 327

THE ROMANCE OF MIRANDA 331

THE MYSTERY SHIP, _James Biggs and Moses Smith_ 335

THE END OF THE MYSTERY SHIP 339

THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS FIFTH 341

A TERRIBLE THING 343

END OF THE ROMANCE 344

JUNE 23-24

ROGER WILLIAMS AND THE FOUNDING OF PROVIDENCE

GOD MAKES A PATH, _Roger Williams_ 348

ROGER, THE BOY 349

SOUL LIBERTY 350

WHAT CHEER! _Z. A. Mudge_ 352

RISKING HIS LIFE, _Charles Morris_ 354

JULY 6

JOHN PAUL JONES, AMERICA’S IMMORTAL SEA-FIGHTER

PAUL JONES, _Ballad_ 358

THE BOY OF THE SOLWAY, _J. T. Headley_ 359

DON’T TREAD ON ME! _J. T. Headley_ 360

THE FIRST SALUTE, _Alexander S. Mackenzie_ 361

THE POOR RICHARD 364

MICKLE’S THE MISCHIEF HE HAS DUNE, _J. T. Headley_ 365

PAUL JONES HIMSELF, _J. T. Headley_ 367

SOME OF HIS SAYINGS 369

JULY 24

SIMON BOLIVAR OF VENEZUELA, THE LIBERATOR

BOLIVAR, _Barry Cornwall_ 372

THE PRECIOUS JEWEL 373

THE FIERY YOUNG PATRIOT 376

SEEING BOLIVAR, _By a Young Englishman_ 378

UNCLE PAEZ--THE LION OF THE APURE 382

ANGOSTURA 384

THE CROSSING, _By One who Accompanied Bolivar_ 385

PERU NEXT 388

THE BREAK 389

BOLIVAR THE MAN, _William Spence Robertson_ 390

AUGUST 20

BERNARDO O’HIGGINS, FIRST SOLDIER, FIRST CITIZEN OF CHILE

THE NAME OF O’HIGGINS, _W. H. Koebel_ 394

THE SON OF THE BAREFOOT BOY 395

THE SINGLE STAR FLAG 397

THE HERO OF RANCAGUA 398

COMPANIONS-IN-ARMS 400

THE PATRIOT RULER 400

FIRST SOLDIER, FIRST CITIZEN 402

CHILE AS SHE IS 403

ONE OF TWENTY 405

THE BETTER WAY 406

SEPTEMBER 6

THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE, THE FRIEND OF AMERICA

AFTER THE SACRIFICES I HAVE MADE, _Lafayette_ 412