"To you we owe the suggestion of writing this book. Its purpose, as you know better than any one else, is to tell in simple fashion the story of some Americans who showed that they knew how to live and how to die; who proved their truth by their endeavor; and who joined to the stern and manly qualities which are essential to the well-being of a masterful race the virtues of gentleness, of patriotism, and of lofty adherence to an ideal."  --Henry Cabot Lodge & Theodore Roosevelt

Published in 1895, this book's purpose is "to remember the men who have given their lives in war and peace to the service of their fellow-countrymen, and to keep in mind the feats of daring and personal prowess done in time past by some of the many champions of the nation in the various crises of her history."

This work has 26 chapters.  Only the first eight are relevant to American Independence.  If you are interested in the rest of the chapters, CLICK HERE to download the entire audio book (153 MB).

A Librivox recording (www.librivox.org).