From the publisher:
Anecdotes from the time Washington became president through the War of 1812, the rise of Andrew Jackson, and the sectional differences leading to the Civil War. Numerous black and white illustrations complement the text.
Table of Contents:
1. The Nation
2. The First President
3. Washington's Administration
4. Washington's Thought for Others
5. The Whiskey Insurrection
6. Washington as a Fighter
7. Washington's Aids
8. John Adams' Administration
9. Administration of Thomas Jefferson
10. Jefferson and Randolph
11. Jefferson's Fiddle
12. The Administration of James Madison
13. "Dolly Madison"
14. The War of 1812
15. Hull's Surrender of Detroit
16. The American Army of Two
17. The Constitution and the Guerriere
18. Old Ironsides
19. The Wasp and the Frolic
20. The Lost War-Sloop
21. "Don't Give Up the Ship"
22. The Friendly Foes
23. A Young Hero
24. A Lucky Shot
25. An Adventure of the Ship President
26. A Story of Sackett's Harbor
27. A Story of Stonington
28. Commodore Perry
29. "Remember the River Raisin"
30. Our Capital Taken by the English
31. The End of the War
32. The Era of Good Feeling
33. Evils of Early Rising
34. Andrew Jackson
35. Andrew Jackson's Nick-name
36. Jackson's Obstinacy
37. General Jackson's Portrait
38. Calhoun at Home
39. The Home of Webster
40. Daniel Webster's Fishing
41. Van Buren
42. "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too"
43. A Small-Tail Movement
44. James K. Polk
45. The Angels of Buena Vista
46. The Martyr of Monterey
47. Zachary Taylor
48. The Abolitionists
49. The Fugitive Slave Law
50. John Brown
51. Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
