Contributor
Morris, Richard B. (Richard Brandon), 1904-1989.
Imprint:St. Louis : Webster Pub. Co., [1962]
Descriptionvi, 58 p. : illus. ; 23 cm.
Note:I. TENTATIVE BEGINNINGS: The purchase of Alaska: Senator Charles Sumner urges the Senate to buy Alaska -- The gold rush to Alaska and the Klondike: Lulu Alice Craig climbs Chilkoot Pass -- President Grant and Santo Domingo: Grant urges the Senate to buy an island -- Annexation of Hawaii: The Committee of Public Safety reports to the citizens of Honolulu -- The Queen's cabinet writes to the American minister -- The Queen surrenders -- Sanford Dole defies President Cleveland -- II. THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR: The sinking of the Maine: The Associated Press reports the disaster -- Lt. John Blandin recounts his experience -- Dewey's victory at Manila: A war correspondent reports the battle -- Stephen Crane reports from Cuba: Poignant passages from Crane's Wounds in the Rain -- Theodore Roosevelt at San Juan Hill: Roosevelt leads the Rough Riders in a famous charge -- Dr. Bangs feeds the refugees: Frank Norris watches and assists -- III. THE FAR EAST: The Open Door policy: John Hay's open door note -- The Boxer Rebellion: Katharine Lowry endures a siege -- The Philippine Islands: Frederick Funston captures Aguinaldo -- Mark Twain objects -- William Vaughan Moody: "On a soldier fallen in the Philippines" -- IV. THE NEW CENTURY: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, EXPLORATION: The first airplane flight: Orville Wright records a historic day in his diary -- The Panama Canal: Arthur Bullard reports on a mighty feat -- Peary reaches the North Pole: Robert E. Peary describes his great adventure -- V. THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT: Theodore Roosevelt: Hermann Kohlsaat helps Roosevelet make friends with Hanna -- Lincoln Steffens portrays the President -- Golden Rule Jones: Brand Whitlock describes the colorful mayor of Toledo -- Woodrow Wilson: An excerpt from Wilson's famous speech, "The old order changeth" -- Joseph Tumulty describes President Wilson.
