Arthur Granville Bradley: 3 books

IF this little book purported to be a biography in the ordinary sense of the word, the scantiness of purely personal detail relating to its hero might be a fair subject of criticism. But men of the Glyndwr type live in history rather by their deeds, and the deeds of those they lead and inspire. This...

Captain John Smith (1580-1631) was a mercenary, pirate, trader, prisoner, and duelist, knighted by a Transylvanian prince for fighting the Turks—all this occurring before he helped to establish Jamestown colony in Virginia, and had a brief but legendary association with Pocahontas. His life unfolds here in all its color and adventure.

Published in 1895, this biography covers the life and death General James Wolfe, the British commander who helped to lead English forces to victory over the French in the Canadian theater of the Seven Years' War. He lost his life to a cannon shot at the climactic moment of the Siege of Quebec.