The American statesman; or, Illustrations of the life and character of Daniel Webster. Designed for American youth. By Rev. Joseph Banvard.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 21, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9781425540821
Subjects: American history; Biography & Autobiography; Biography: general; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Historical - U.S.; History / United States / General; History : United States - General; General; United States - General
First sentence: ABOUT sixty-five years ago, a man of stalwart form, broad shoulders, and swarthy complexion, was riding through Salisbury, in New Hampshire, on horseback, carrying with him a puny little boy, with dark features, sparkling black eyes, a round, projecting forehead, and dressed in coarse, homespun clothes, with two little, shoeless feet projecting from beneath.