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100 1 _aHuntington, Faye,
_d1838-1923
245 1 0 _aStories of Great Men
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2011
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2011-02-19
505 0 _aAlexander 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.
508 _aProduced by Peter Vachuska, Jason Isbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aSoldiers -- Juvenile literature
653 _aKings and rulers -- Juvenile literature
653 _aInventors -- Juvenile literature
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35331
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