Excerpt from A Hundred Years of Warfare: 1689-1789; How the Nation Was Born This book the story Of the struggles which pre ceded and which brought about the birth Of our American nation is offered to the grammar school children Of the country in the hope that it may help them to understand how it all came about. The period is truly one Of war fare in camp and on battle field, in legislative halls and assemblies of the populace. The author has, however, striven to avoid the drum and trumpet style Of telling the story, and has kept ever before her the necessity of telling why as the most important thing. The criticism that the book gives too much space to picturesque incident may be made. The author, however, looks upon these incidents as the strongest nails upon which to hang historical facts. NO story has been told simply for its own sake. A taste for historical reading is, after all, the most valuable gift we can bestow upon our youthful student Of history. Having given him that, we may safely leave the rest to him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.