ebooks Korean Buddhism: History; Condition and Art: Religious Classics by Frederick Starr in History

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Contains stories of such notable men as Daniel Boone; Rogers Clark; and Henry Clay. The history of Kentucky is full of incidents of adventure and heroism connected with the careers of the explorers; the settlers; and the founders of the State. Besides telling of such incidents; the book shows the part played by Kentucky in national affairs. "Such books as 'Stories of Old Kentucky;' by Martha Grassham Purcell; have a practical and especial value in America. Each state has such picturesque tales of its early days. These should be the inheritance of all its children; and some pains to this end is needful since many of the children are Americans in the making; whose familiar household talk is no link between the present they see and the past from which it grew." -The Independent "This book is intended as both a supplementary reader and a text. Though in story form; the chapters are arranged chronologically and every fact recorded has been verified. The author describes in these stories some of Kentucky's great men; for example; Daniel Boone; John Fitch; the inventor; Henry Clay and others. Many of the chapters deal with pioneer life. It is a book full of interesting description and is admirably suited as a supplementary reader in grades five and six." -American Education "Facts are stranger than fiction; and when we read the great volume of Nature; we find it more intensely interesting; instructive; and exciting than any "tale" told by our master minds. "It is difficult enough for the youth of to-day to realize there was ever a time when Kentucky did not have a place on the map and in the march of events. Still more difficult is it for them to realize that there was a time when the ocean covered our state. Geological annals show that the surface of Kentucky was once the bed of the sea. This primitive ocean is supposed to have covered a large part of North America to the depth of several thousand feet. As we read the record in the soil and as we study the strata; we find evidence of a gradual retreat of the briny waters without proofs of any very violent or sudden disruptions of the ocean. The creation or appearance of sea animals; fishes; polyps; and the formation of limestone; sandstone; slate; grit; and pebble; are parts of the story here recorded. "As the waters still slowly but surely receded; creeks; rivers; and valleys received their present shape; the ocean reached its actual level; and the American continent assumed its shape. The huge animals—the big bears; buffaloes; jaguars; elephants; and mastodons—roamed over what is now Kentucky; and left their impress at Big Bone Lick; Drennon's Lick; and other points where the savage; the settler; and the man of science have successively meditated and marveled over their prehistoric remains." -Martha Grassham Purcell