First published in 1898, this single volume is packed with seldom-heard incidents from the lives of twenty-two great American role models, including Washington, Franklin, Lincoln, Lee, Grant, Garfield, Fulton, Edison, Alcott, Madison, and more. It depicts their natures and habits as young people, and relates scores of incidents of their childhood days, trials and difficulties, and how they came to be great and famous. Every boy or girl who reads this inspiring volume will want to get out and do something significant in the world.