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PAGE A Talk with the Young Reader 9
COLUMBUS, THE GREAT SAILOR
Bold Sailors of the Northern Countries--The Northmen--Columbus the Little Boy--Columbus and the Egg--He Crosses the Atlantic, Braves the Sea and Discovers New Land 15
THREE GREAT DISCOVERERS
John and Sebastian Cabot--Balboa Discovers the Pacific--The Fountain of Youth and Ponce de Leon--The Naming of America 27
THREE EARLY HEROES
The Story of John Smith and First English Settlement--Miles Standish and the Pilgrims--Roger Williams, the Hero Preacher 36
THE CAVALIER COLONIES OF THE SOUTH
The Cavaliers and Lords of England--They Settle in Virginia--The Catholics Come to Maryland--Strange Form of Government in Carolina--Paupers Settle Georgia--An Old Spanish Town in Florida 59
THE RED MEN, HOW THEY LIVED AND WERE TREATED
They Were the First Americans--Their Strange Customs and Manners--How They Followed a Trail--How they Fought--Indian Massacres 70
ROYAL GOVERNORS AND LOYAL CAPTAINS
How the Governor was Treated in Connecticut--The Charter Oak--An Exciting Time in Virginia 81
OLD TIMES IN THE COLONIES
When a Tallow Candle Gave the Light--Old-Time Houses--The Story of the Famous Hunter, and How he Escaped from the Indians 91
A HERO OF THE COLONIES
Two Boys who Crossed the Mountains--Their Adventures with the Indians--George Washington, the Surveyor--Messenger to the French--An Old-Time Hero 101
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
The Acadians--Their Home in Nova Scotia--Their Sufferings--The Story of Evangeline--Why the Indians Helped the French--The Story of a Cruel War 112
THE CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION
How the Trouble Began--The Americans Object to Paying Taxes on Various Articles--The Famous Boston Tea Party--Battle of Lexington--Declaration of Independence 121
FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM
Washington the Commander-in-Chief--Bunker Hill--The Wonderful Christmas--The Americans Succeed--They Meet Defeat--"Molly Stark a Widow"--Help from France 133
PAUL JONES, THE NAVAL HERO OF THE REVOLUTION
Old-Time Warships--A Daring Deed--A Great Sea Fight--The British Captain Surrenders 143
MARION, THE SWAMP FOX
How the War Went in the South--The Patriots Hard to Find--The British Officers Eat Sweet Potatoes--Jack Davis' Adventure--General Greene and his Famous Retreat--Cornwallis Surrenders--The War at an End 153
THE VOYAGE OF OUR SHIP OF STATE
How the People Rule--Illustrated by a Story--Our First Trial and Failure--Making a New Form of Government--A Nation of Thirteen States--The President--The Congress--The Judges 162
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