# Brief biographies from American history, for the fifth and sixth grades

Author: Turpin, Edna Henry Lee, 1867-1952; Grosch, Oscar Edward, 1863-1928 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Children & Young Adult Reading

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75050

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Brief+biographies+from+American+history%2C+for+the+fifth+and+sixth+grades+Turpin&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

“Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in the world, is at bottom the history of the great men who have worked here,” says Carlyle. “The history of the world is the biography of great men.”

## Chapters

- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/brief-biographies-from-american-history-for-the-fifth-and-sixth-3f61e8e8/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/brief-biographies-from-american-history-for-the-fifth-and-sixth-3f61e8e8/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/brief-biographies-from-american-history-for-the-fifth-and-sixth-3f61e8e8/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/brief-biographies-from-american-history-for-the-fifth-and-sixth-3f61e8e8/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/brief-biographies-from-american-history-for-the-fifth-and-sixth-3f61e8e8/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/brief-biographies-from-american-history-for-the-fifth-and-sixth-3f61e8e8/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/brief-biographies-from-american-history-for-the-fifth-and-sixth-3f61e8e8/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/brief-biographies-from-american-history-for-the-fifth-and-sixth-3f61e8e8/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/brief-biographies-from-american-history-for-the-fifth-and-sixth-3f61e8e8/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/brief-biographies-from-american-history-for-the-fifth-and-sixth-3f61e8e8/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/brief-biographies-from-american-history-for-the-fifth-and-sixth-3f61e8e8/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/brief-biographies-from-american-history-for-the-fifth-and-sixth-3f61e8e8/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/brief-biographies-from-american-history-for-the-fifth-and-sixth-3f61e8e8/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/brief-biographies-from-american-history-for-the-fifth-and-sixth-3f61e8e8/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/brief-biographies-from-american-history-for-the-fifth-and-sixth-3f61e8e8/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/brief-biographies-from-american-history-for-the-fifth-and-sixth-3f61e8e8/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/brief-biographies-from-american-history-for-the-fifth-and-sixth-3f61e8e8/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/brief-biographies-from-american-history-for-the-fifth-and-sixth-3f61e8e8/chapters/18/index.md)