Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools

Chapter 42

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A DARING EXPLOIT

Read "Decatur and the Philadelphia," in Brady's _American Fights and Fighters_, p. 199, and "The Burning of the Philadelphia," in Roosevelt and Lodge's _Hero Tales from American History_, p. 103.

Read Seawell's storybook, _Decatur and Somers_; and Barnes's _Commodore Bainbridge_, a story.