Kentucky's Last Cavalier: General William Preston, 1816-1887 Book

I wanted to learn about Daniel Webster and read this book written in 1897 for school children that included George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Abraham Lincoln. It was the history of my school days, heroic figures who were all good and pure. Good for an introduction to Webster for me. The writer, James Baldwin, is interesting to me. Talk about having an influence on our view of American history!

"According to his biography in the Junior Book of Authors (1951), Baldwin, a native of Indiana and largely self-educated, began teaching at the age of 24. After several years he became superintendent of the graded schools in Indiana, a post he held for 18 years. The last 37 years of his life he worked with publishers, first with Harper and Brothers and later with the American Book Company. In addition to editing school books, he started writing books of his own. After the publication in 1882 of The Story of Siegfried, he went on to write more than 50 others. His influence was widely felt because at one time it was estimated that of all the school books in use in the United States, over half had been written or edited by him. Unfortunately, his works are much less widely known today."