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Excerpt from Tales of Captains and Conquest: With Illustrative Material From English and American Literature In this volume, Tales of Captains and Conquests, you will see the great captain, Joshua, as he leads to the conquest of Canaan the people who are to found the Commonwealth of Israel. You will read of the establish ment of the kingdom and the fascinating stories of three of the greatest kings of history, Saul, David, and Solomon. There are dark and bloody deeds in this book, war is always terrible, - but there are also stories of high courage, of generosity, of kindness, like the beautiful friendship of David and Jonathan. You will be fascinated by such stories as that of the great fight in which David kills the old giant; every child loves that story, and the tale of the valiant captains who brought water to David from Bethlehem, and the description of the glory of Solomon. Every page is full of interest. 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.