The Life of Columbus

Columbus’ biography by Edward Everett Hale, an American author of the nineteenth century, a clergyman, editor, abolitionist and the author or editor of more than sixty books—fiction, utopian novels, travel, sermons, biography and history. From the preface: This book contains a life of Columbus, written with the hope of interesting all classes of readers. His life has often been written, and it has sometimes been well written. The great book of our countryman, Washington Irving, is a noble model