Mimic World, and Public Exhibitions. Their History, Their Morals, and Effects. by Olive Logan Book

Beginning with the 1st President of the United States, George Washington and ending with the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, Hero Tales from American History gives a summery history of a few great Americans. The histories were written more to inspire patriotism than to relay real fact; the book paints the traditional American heroes in blinding colors. The book is interspersed with patriotic and inspirational poems by poets that had never seen the field of battle or heard the boom of cannon. I can’t give the stories much credit as they are very short and inundated with dubious statements. If someone is looking for American propaganda at its best, I readily recommend this book to you. If, however, you are searching for a comprehensive and reliable history, give this work a wide berth.