Historical Tales, Vol I: American I
Charles Morris
28 chapters · 8 h 36 min · English
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Volume I of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This first volume comprises the discovery, colonization, founding, and early years of the United States of America, describing history for children and young adults in an exiting and novel manner. (Summary by Kalynda)
Chapters
1 Preface 3 min 2 Vineland and the Vikings 30 min 3 Frobisher and the Northwest Passage 13 min 4 Champlain and the Iroquois 29 min 5 Sir William Phips and the Silver-ship 25 min 6 Story of the Regicides 17 min 7 How the Charter was Saved 16 min 8 How Franklin Came to Philadelphia 13 min 9 Perils of the Wilderness 22 min 10 Some Adventures of Major Putnam 26 min 11 Gallant Defense 15 min 12 Daniel Boone, the Pioneer of Kentucky 28 min 13 Paul Revere's Ride 20 min 14 Green Mountain Boys 12 min 15 British at New York 13 min 16 Quakeress Patriot 9 min 17 Siege of Fort Schuyler 24 min 18 On the Track of a Traitor 17 min 19 Marion, the Swamp Fox 19 min 20 Fate of the Philadelphia 18 min 21 Victim of a Traitor 15 min 22 How the Electric Telegraph was Invented 22 min 23 Monitor and the Merrimac 14 min 24 Stealing a Locomotive 19 min 25 Escape from Libby Prison 22 min 26 Sinking of the Albemarle 19 min 27 Alaska-Gold, Furs, and Fishes 16 min 28 How Hawaii Lost its Queen 21 min
