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This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States - cover

This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States

Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

Publisher: e-artnow

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"This Country of Ours" is a collection of extraordinary stories from the history of the United States beginning with accounts of exploration and settlement and ending with the presidency of Woodrow Wilson.  This is a book which when you lay it down will make you say, "I'm glad that I was born an American." Contents:  Stories of Explorers and Pioneers How the Vikings of Old Sought and Found New Lands The Sea of Darkness and the Great Faith of Columbus How Columbus Fared Forth Upon the Sea of Darkness and Came to Pleasant Lands Beyond How Columbus Returned in Triumph How America Was Named How the Flag of England Was Planted on the Shores of the New World How the Flag of France Was Planted in Florida How the French Founded a Colony in Florida How the Spaniards Drove the French Out of Florida How a Frenchman Avenged the Death of His Countrymen The Adventures of Sir Humphrey Gilbert About Sir Walter Raleigh's Adventures in the Golden West Stories of Virginia The Adventures of Captain John Smith  More Adventures of Captain John Smith  How the Colony Was Saved  How Pocahontas Took a Journey Over the Seas  How the Redmen Fought Against Their White Brothers  How Englishmen Fought a Duel With Tyranny  The Coming of the Cavaliers  Bacon's Rebellion  The Story of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Stories of New England The Story of the Pilgrim Fathers  The Founding of Massachusetts  The Story of Harry Vane  The Story of Anne Hutchinson and the Founding of Rhode Island  The Founding of Harvard  How Quakers First Came to New England  How Maine and New Hampshire Were Founded  The Founding of Connecticut and War With the Indians  The Founding of New Haven  The Hunt for the Regicides  King Philip's War  How the Charter of Connecticut Was Saved  The Witches of Salem Stories of the Middle and Southern Colonies Stories of the French in America Stories of the Struggle for Liberty The Boston Tea-party  Stories of the United States Under the Constitution
Available since: 12/15/2023.
Print length: 516 pages.

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