Comic History of the United States

Project Gutenberg's Comic History of the United States, by Bill NyeThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: Comic History of the United StatesAuthor: Bill NyeIllustrator: F. OpperRelease Date: May 13, 2007 [EBook #21427]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES ***Produced by Joseph R. Hauser, Janet Blenkinship and theOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.netCOVER.Title page.Bill Nye'sHISTORYOF THEUNITEDSTATESILLUSTRATED BYF. OpperTHOMPSON & THOMAS,CHICAGO.COPYRIGHT, 1894,BYJ. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.PREFACEPREFACEPREFACE.Facts in a nude state are not liable criminally, any more than bright and beautiful children commit a felony by being bornthus; but it is the solemn duty of those having these children in charge to put appropriate, healthful, and even attractiveapparel upon them at the earliest possible moment.It is thus with facts. They are the frame-work of history, not the drapery. They are like the cold, hard, dishevelled, damp,and uncomfortable body under the knife of the demonstrator, not the bright and bounding boy, clothed in gracefulgarments and filled to every tingling capillary with a soul.We, each of us, the artist and the author, respect facts. We ...