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Title: The Boys of '98

Author: James Otis

Release Date: December 15, 2009 [Ebook #30684]

Language: English

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THE BOYS OF '98

*STORIES of*
*AMERICAN HISTORY*

*By James Otis*

1. When We Destroyed the Gaspee
2. Boston Boys of 1775
3. When Dewey Came to Manila
4. Off Santiago with Sampson
5. When Israel Putnam Served the King
6. The Signal Boys of '75
(A Tale of the Siege of Boston)
7. Under the Liberty Tree
(A Story of the Boston Massacre)
8. The Boys of 1745
(The Capture of Louisburg)
9. An Island Refuge
(Casco Bay in 1676)
10. Neal the Miller
(A Son of Liberty)
11. Ezra Jordan's Escape
(The Massacre at Fort Loyall)

*DANA ESTES & COMPANY*
*Publishers*
*Estes Press, Summer St., Boston*

[Illustration: THE CHARGE AT EL CANEY.]

THE BOYS OF '98

BY
JAMES OTIS
AUTHOR OF
"TOBY TYLER," "JENNY WREN'S BOARDING HOUSE,"
"THE BOYS OF FORT SCHUYLER," ETC.

_Illustrated by_
J. STEEPLE DAVIS
FRANK T. MERRILL
_And with Reproductions of Photographs_

_ELEVENTH THOUSAND_

BOSTON
DANA ESTES & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

_Copyright, 1898_
BY DANA ESTES & COMPANY

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE BATTLE-SHIP MAINE 1
II