by Edward Eggleston

America's heroes come to life for children, thanks to this 1895 classic by Edward Eggleston. 

Edward Eggleston captures America's heritage in the best way possible for children: with imaginative stories about great Americans.  Stories written at a time when Americans wanted their children to be proud of their country.  Stories that bring the people and the times to life.  Stories designed to give hours of reading pleasure.

52 charming sketches from the original book, first published back in 1895, perfectly complement the text.  The 52 chapters here include stories about war heroes, statesmen, explorers, inventors, writers, artists, scientists and just plain ordinary people who made a difference.  The lives of these men and women wonderfully illustrate the virtues children need to learn.  Virtues like courage, unselfishness, honesty, patience, ingenuity, kindness, independence and perseverance.

You get stories about great American men and women like . . .Daniel Boone, Francis Scott Key, George Washington, Eliza Lucas, Marquette, Benjamin West, George Rogers Clark, Daniel Webster, William Penn, Louisa May Alcott, Charles Goodyear, Kit Carson, Thomas Jefferson, Benezet, Robert Fulton, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Smith, Horace Greeley, Lewis and Clark, General Marion, Benjamin Franklin plus over a dozen more!  Hardcover · 163 pgs. · Ages 6-8.

by Edward Eggleston

A History of the United States and Its People is the third book in Edward Eggleston's history textbook series.  You won't find political correctness or revisionism here--just solid American history.  And more than that, you get a book aimed at making the teacher's job easy, while at the same time stimulating the student's interest.  Eggleston does this with a wealth of features like:

• arrangement by topic so the student sees cause and effect clearly
• Study questions to aid students in mastering the facts in each chapter
• Study by topics: essay questions that can be used for written or oral discussion
• Fill-in exercises after many chapters
• Liberal use of maps as a teaching tool which helps the student master geography as well as history
• Suggestions for diagrams, reviews and other blackboard exercises
• Scores of illustrations by some of the best artists and engravers of the time
• Big 17 page index

No question.  Eggleston's easy-does-it technique allows teachers and parents to teach history with proficiency and allows students to savor and comprehend the facts and lessons of America's history.   Hardcover · 433 pgs. · Ages 12 and up.