This recording presents a series of patriotic selections of unquestioned literary merit. The stories have been chosen with special regard to their effectiveness as avenues through which young people may experience the sentiments upon which love of native land depends. Featuring iconic American heroes such as Lincoln, Washington, and Davy Crockett, these selections will inspire an enthusiasm for the American spirit and a prounced regard for the institutions and ideals sacred to all Americans. The stories include: The Man without a Country by Edward Everett Hale Washington by Nina Moore Tiffany Davy Crockett, Defender of the Alamo by Charles Fletcher Allen Lincoln: The Man of Sorrows by Major Stephen Brice What a Boy Saw of the Civil War with Glimpses of General Lee by Leighton Parks A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard