Story of the Thirteen Colonies
H. A. Guerber
85 chapters · 8 h 59 min · English
Read by Larry Wilson, Kangaroo, Nich Sandoval, Greg Giordano, Kristin G., Donald Cummings and others
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These short vignettes of American history are written for the young reader. Each one is a little capsule of a person or event. They run from the pre-Columbian era through the end of the American War of Independence. Some of the expressions and language reflect attitudes of the 18th century that seem out of place from the vantage of the 21st century, but these nuggets of history give a glimpse into that era. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Chapters
1 Preface 8 min 2 Our Country Long Ago 7 min 3 The Barbarous Indians 7 min 4 The Mounds 6 min 5 Where the Northmen went 6 min 6 The Northmen in America 7 min 7 Queer Ideas 7 min 8 Prince Henry the Navigator 6 min 9 Youth of Columbus 6 min 10 Columbus and the Queen 6 min 11 Land! Land! 7 min 12 Columbus and the Savages 5 min 13 Home Again 7 min 14 Columbus Illtreated 7 min 15 Death of Columbus 5 min 16 How America got its Name 4 min 17 The Fountain of Youth 7 min 18 The Father of Waters 8 min 19 The French in Canada 5 min 20 French and Spanish Quarrels 5 min 21 The Sky City 5 min 22 Around the World 6 min 23 Nothing but Smoke 6 min 24 Smith's Adventures 7 min 25 The Jamestown Men 6 min 26 Smith wounded 6 min 27 The Visit of Pocahontas to England 7 min 28 Hudson and the Indians 6 min 29 The Mayflower 8 min 30 Plymouth Rock 5 min 31 The First American Thanksgiving 6 min 32 The Snake Skin and the Bullets 6 min 33 The Beginning of Boston 7 min 34 Stories of Two Ministers 6 min 35 Williams and the Indians 7 min 36 The Quakers 4 min 37 The King-Killers 5 min 38 King Philip's War 6 min 39 The Beginning of New York 7 min 40 Penn and the Indians 8 min 41 The Catholics in Maryland 5 min 42 The Old Dominion 6 min 43 Bacon's Rebellion 4 min 44 A Journey Inland 4 min 45 The Carolina Pirates 7 min 46 Charter Oak 8 min 47 Salem Witches 6 min 48 Down the Mississippi 11 min 49 La Salle's Adventures 8 min 50 Indians on the Warpath 7 min 51 Two Wars with the French 6 min 52 Washington's Boyhood 6 min 53 Washington's Journey 6 min 54 Washington's First Battle 3 min 55 Stories of Franklin 9 min 56 Braddock's Defeat 7 min 57 Wolfe at Quebec 8 min 58 How England Treated Her Colonies 6 min 59 The Stamp Tax 5 min 60 The Anger of the Colonies 6 min 61 The Boston Tea Party 7 min 62 The Minutemen 6 min 63 The Battle of Lexington 6 min 64 Bunker Hill 8 min 65 The Boston Boys 6 min 66 The British leave Boston 6 min 67 Declaration of Independence 7 min 68 A Lady's Way of Helping 7 min 69 Christmas Eve 6 min 70 The Fight at Bennington 9 min 71 Burgoyne's Surrender 8 min 72 The Winter at Valley Forge 6 min 73 The Quaker Woman 7 min 74 Putnam's Adventures 6 min 75 Indian Cruelty 8 min 76 Boone in Kentucky 7 min 77 Famous Sea Fights 7 min 78 The "Swamp Fox" 7 min 79 The Poor Soldiers 4 min 80 The Spy 9 min 81 A Traitor's Death 5 min 82 Two Unselfish Women 5 min 83 The Surrender of Cornwallis 8 min 84 The British Flag Hauled down 6 min 85 Washington's Farewell 4 min
