Famous Colonial Houses

Famous Colonial Houses

As I read in Mr. Hollisters chapter on Mount Vernon of Washingtons long absence from the home he loved and of the eagerness with which he returned to it after the tumultuous years of the Revolutionary War, I was caught by the fancy that lovers of books have recently gone through a somewhat parallel experience. Dragged away by the Great War from the books they cared for, plunged into continual war reading, they now find, to their infinite relief, that they are getting home againback to Mount Vernon, as it were. And it seems to me the change could not better be exemplified than in this charming, gentle book of Famous Colonial Houses. While we were fighting to preserve the heritage and the traditions left us by Washington, Jefferson, Carroll of Carrollton, and other great figures of their time, whom we find in these pages, we were too busily engaged to give much thought to the origins of the things we fought to save. Not that the forefathers of the nation were forgotten, but that historic men were, in that time of stress, overshadowed by historic principles laid down by them. We put them aside tenderly, as books are put aside when the sword is taken up. Yet now that we have vindicated in battle the freedom that they gave us, we find them more than ever with us. For a just war fought through to victory sheds glory not only upon the men who fought it and the nation for which they fought, but also upon the nations ancient heroes, whose stature is increased with that of their country. Wherefore this book, telling tales of old houses in which early American history was made, and of10 men who made the houses and the history, is even more welcome today than it would have been before the Great War. It is welcome, too, for another partially extrinsic reason. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 67591
Author: Hollister, Paul M. (Paul Merrick)
Release Date: Mar 9, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: David McKay Company
Publication Date: 1921
Publisher Country: United States

Contributors

Illustrator: Preston, James M., 1873-1962