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John G. Edgar's "Footprints of Famous Men" is a thrilling take a look at the lives and reminiscences of great people who have left their mark on history. The drawings by way of Edgar have been posted in the 1800s and are biographies of well-known human beings. They give readers an investigate the personal and public lives of those powerful men. There are pix of essential humans from politics, literature, technology, the humanities, and different fields in this book, which additionally acts as a literary gallery. Edgar suggests us thru cautious studies and exquisite writing the successes, difficult situations, and turning points inside the lives of these remarkable men. "Footprints of Famous ...
John George Edgar (1834-1864) was a British author and biographer. He was the first editor of Every Boy's Magazine. His works include: The Boyhood of Great Men (1853), Footprints of Famous Men (1854), History for Boys; or, Annals of the Nations of Modern Europe (1855), Boy-Princes; or, Scions of Royalty Cut Off in Youth (1857), The Heroes of England (1858), The Wars of the Roses; or, Stories of the Struggle of York and Lancaster (1859), The Crusades and the Crusaders (1860), Memorable Events of Modern History (1862), Cavaliers and Roundheads; or, Stories of the Great Civil War (1862), How I Won My Spurs; or, A Boy's Adventures in the Barons' Wars (1863), Sea Kings and Naval Heroes (1863), Danes, Saxons, and Normans; or, Stories of our Ancestors (1863), Runnymede and Lincoln Fair: A Story of the Great Charter (1864), Noble Dames of Ancient Story (1864), The Boy Crusaders: A Story of the Days of Louis IX (1865), Cressy and Poictiers: The Story of the Black Prince's Page (1865) and Anecdotes of Animals (1865).
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Excerpt from Runnymede and Lincoln Fair: A Story of the Charter Runnymede and Lincoln Fair was the last story drawing upon the wars and great affairs of English history which its author was destined to write. Like Cressy and Poictiers, which is already included in "Everyman's Library," and which preceded it by some three years in its original issue, it first ran as a serial through the magazine particularly associated with Edgar - the Boys' Own Magazine; it was first published as a separate book in 1866. Some further particulars of the brief career of its writer may be added to what has already been told of him in the earlier volume. John George Edgar was the fourth son of the Rev. John Edga...
"The Boy Crusaders" from John Edgar. Pioneer and politician (1750-1832).
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