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Man of the West: Ferdinand Magellan

Editor’s note:  The following is extracted from A Book of Discovery, by M.B. Synge (published 1912) It is said that Ferdinand Magellan, the hero of all geographical discovery, with his circumnavigation of

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Custer: My Life on the Plains

Part of a series of history books that belong in every American’s library. Recommendations welcome. My father is a George Custer fanatic. He’s been to Little Big Horn on numerous occasions, photographed

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A Friend of Prisoners

Editor’s note:  The following is extracted from Beneath the Banner: Being Narratives of Noble Lives and Brave Deeds, by F.J. Cross (published 1895) In St. Paul’s Cathedral there stands a monument representing

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