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High Octane History for High Energy Students

These books are of particular interest to adventure-loving boys. They are excellent selections for young people who enjoy fast-paced, action-filled stories, and are the best candidates available for trying to lure adrenaline-addled young men away from their video games.

Military History

Book Title	Author
*Boys' Book of Battles*	by Chelsea Curtis Fraser
*Boys' Book of Sea Fights*	by Chelsea Curtis Fraser
*Boy's Book of Battles*	by Eric Wood
*Boys' Book of Border Battles*	by Edwin L. Sabin
*Boys' Book of Indian Warriors*	by Edwin L. Sabin
*Thrilling Deeds of British Airmen*	by Eric Wood
*Heroes of the Great War*	by G. A. Leask
*Fix Bayonets!*	by J. W. Thomason

Exploration

Book Title	Author
*Story of Captain Cook*	by John Lang
*Story of Columbus*	by Gladys M. Imlach
*Story of Sir Walter Raleigh*	by Margaret Duncan
*Stories of the Gorilla Country*	by Paul du Chaillu
*Lost in the Jungle*	by Paul du Chaillu
*Country of the Dwarfs*	by Paul du Chaillu

Chivalry

Book Title	Author
*Stories of Don Quixote*	by James Baldwin
*King Arthur and His Knights*	by Maude Radford Warren
*Otto of the Silver Hand*	by Howard Pyle
*Men of Iron*	by Howard Pyle
*Page—Esquire—Knight*	by Marion Florence Lansing
*Story of the Cid for Young People*	by Calvin Dill Wilson
*Stories of Roland Told to the Children*	by H. E. Marshall
*Story of Roland*	by James Baldwin

Men of Action

Book Title	Author
*Story of Lord Clive*	by John Lang
*Story of Nelson*	by Edmund F. Sellar
*Story of Napoleon*	by H. E. Marshall
*In the Days of William the Conqueror*	by Eva March Tappan
*In the Days of Alfred the Great*	by Eva March Tappan
*Story of Robert Bruce*	by Jeanie Lang
*Story of Sir Francis Drake*	by Mrs. Oliver Elton
*Historic Boys*	by E. S. Brooks
*Buccaneers and Pirates of our Coasts*	by Frank R. Stockton
*Brave Men and Brave Deeds*	by M. B. Synge
*Alexander the Great*	by Jacob Abbott
*Pyrrhus*	by Jacob Abbott
*Julius Caesar*	by Jacob Abbott
*Richard I*	by Jacob Abbott
*Genghis Khan*	by Jacob Abbott
*Hannibal*	by Jacob Abbott
*Xerxes*	by Jacob Abbott

Science and Invention

Book Title	Author
*Great Inventors and Their Inventions*	by Frank P. Bachman
*War Inventions and How they were Invented*	by Charles R. Gibson

Legends

Book Title	Author
*Boys' Cuchulain*	by Eleanor Hull
*Story of Siegfried*	by James Baldwin
*Stories of Beowulf Told to the Children*	by H. E. Marshall
*Stories of Robin Hood Told to the Children*	by H. E. Marshall
*Stories of Siegfried Told to the Children*	by Mary Macgregor
*Iliad for Boys and Girls*	by Alfred J. Church
*Aeneid for Boys and Girls*	by Alfred J. Church

Adventure

Book Title	Author
*With the Indians in the Rockies*	by James Willard Schultz
*Stories of Gulliver's Travels Told to the Children*	by John Lang
*Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children*	by James Baldwin
*Lance of Kanana*	by Harry W. French

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Featured Book

Child Life in Japan by W. E. Griffis - 1902

Featured Character

Saint Jerome Christian 340 - 420 saint: Author

Featured Battle

Battle of Mars-la-Tour 18-Aug, 1870 Franco Prussian War