PDF Books in Children's Historical Fiction
Antoine of Oregon
by James OtisAntoine of Oregon written by James Otis is a story book for children. Contrasts to the popular thinking, this story is not fiction in nature. Rather they are the real bravery, patriotic, freedom fighters real life stories which every child would like to read to remember the heroes of their nation. Perhaps these stories are the truthful record..
Daniel Boone - Taming The Wilds
by Katharine Elliott WilkieTaming The Wilds is a fictional work based on the real incidents of the American explorer Daniel Boone, written by Katharine Elliott Wilkie. This book narrates the real life story of Daniel Boone, who has single handedly rescued his daughter, who was captured by Indian Tribes on account of his blazing exploration which eventually opened the way ..
The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair
by Nathaniel HawthorneIN writing this ponderous tome, the author’s desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarkable events of our annals in such a form and style that the YOUNG may make acquaintance with them of their own accord. For this purpose, while ostensibly relating the adventures of a chair, he has endeavored to keep a distinct and unbroken thre..
The Prophetic Pictures (From "Twice Told Tales")
by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Prophetic Pictures is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In "The Prophetic Pictures," the evil soul that the master painter has seen in the happy young bridegroom finally makes its way through the picture and onto the face itself. In story after story the given element, the central and unifying element, is what moves and stirs within us, the..
Biographical Stories
by Nathaniel HawthorneBiographical Stories for Children is a collection short biographical tales of historical figures including Queen Christina, Benjamin Franklin, Oliver Cromwell, Samuel Johnson, Sir Isaac Newton and Benjamin West. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. Hawthorne's works belong to romanticism or, more specif..
Barbarossa
by Bryce WaltonFrom whatever point of view we consider Frederick I,—more familiarly known as “Barbarossa,” because of his red beard,—whether as the greatest of the sovereigns of the Holy Roman Empire, or as one of the most gallant of the famous crusade leaders, the story of his life is one of absorbing interest. This little volume includes a sketch of the events ..
The Road to Bunker Hill
by Shirley BarkerNothing ever happens in this town,” said Eben Poore, dangling his long legs over the edge of the wharf, and looking down river to the open sea. The sky was pale, almost white above the long sand bar of Plum Island, he noticed, but the streets were growing dark behind him, and twilight had begun to gather round the warehouses and tall-masted ships b..
The Young Continentals at Trenton
by John T. McIntyreThe Young Continentals series deals with the experiences of four boys in the American Revolution. One of them, Nat Brewster, is from the hills about Wyoming, Ben Cooper is from Philadelphia, while the Prentiss twin brothers come from Boston.In the first book of the series, “The Young Continentals at Lexington,” Nat Brewster played the leading part—..