Strategy Six Pack 12 presents six historical texts spanning two millennia and three continents. A Short History of Rome by Mary Platt Parmele.
Nero by Jacob Abbott.
The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom, 1795-1813 - A Short Account of the Early Development of the Modern Kingdom of the Netherlands by Hendrik Willem van Loon.
The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine.
The Confessions of Nat Turner by Nat Turner.
Travels into Bokhara: A Voyage up the Indus to Lahore and a Journey to Cabool, Tartary & Persia Volume I by Alexander Burnes.
About the Author: Jacob Abbott (1803-79) was a prolific American author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader, and a few works in popular science. He wrote 180 books and was a coauthor or editor of 31 more.
Sir Alexander Burnes (1805 - 1841) was a Scottish traveler and explorer who took part in The Great Game.
Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882 - 1944) was a Dutch-American historian and journalist.
Thomas Paine (1736 - 1809) was an English-American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary.
Mary Platt Parmele (1843 - 1911) was an American author and historian.
Nat Turner (1800 - 1831) was an enslaved African American who led a rebellion of slaves and free blacks in Southampton County, Virginia on August 21, 1831.