The Story of the Thirteen Colonies. H. A. Guerber

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СКАЧАТЬ THE CAROLINA PIRATES.

       XLV. CHARTER OAK.

       XLVI. SALEM WITCHES.

       XLVII. DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI.

       XLVIII. LA SALLE'S ADVENTURES.

       XLIX. INDIANS ON THE WARPATH.

       L. TWO WARS WITH THE FRENCH.

       LI. WASHINGTON'S BOYHOOD.

       LII. WASHINGTON'S JOURNEY.

       LIII. WASHINGTON'S FIRST BATTLE.

       LIV. STORIES OF FRANKLIN.

       LV. BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT.

       LVI. WOLFE AT QUEBEC.

       LVII. HOW ENGLAND TREATED HER COLONIES.

       LVIII. THE STAMP TAX.

       LIX. THE ANGER OF THE COLONIES.

       LX. THE BOSTON TEA PARTY.

       LXI. THE MINUTEMEN.

       LXII. THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON.

       LXIII. BUNKER HILL.

       LXIV. THE BOSTON BOYS.

       LXV. THE BRITISH LEAVE BOSTON.

       LXVI. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

       LXVII. A LADY'S WAY OF HELPING.

       LXVIII. CHRISTMAS EVE.

       LXIX. THE FIGHT AT BENNINGTON.

       LXX. BURGOYNE'S SURRENDER.

       LXXI. THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE.

       LXXII. THE QUAKER WOMAN.

       LXXIII. PUTNAM'S ADVENTURES.

       LXXIV. INDIAN CRUELTY.

       LXXV. BOONE IN KENTUCKY.

       LXXVI. FAMOUS SEA FIGHTS.

       LXXVII. THE "SWAMP FOX."

       LXXVIII. THE POOR SOLDIERS.

       LXXIX. THE SPY.

       LXXX. A TRAITOR'S DEATH.

       LXXXI. TWO UNSELFISH WOMEN.

       LXXXII. THE SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS.

       LXXXIII. THE BRITISH FLAG HAULED DOWN.

       LXXXIV. WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL.

       INDEX.

PREFACE.

       Table of Contents

      This book is intended as an historical reader, an elementary text-book in the history of our country, or as an introduction or supplement to any of the excellent text-books on the history of the United States now in use.

      The aim has been not only to interest children in the great men of their own country, but to stimulate them to the cultivation of the lofty virtues of which they read, and to instil within their hearts a deep love for their native land.

      All the main facts in our early history have been given as simply and vividly as possible, and the lessons of patriotism, truthfulness, courage, patience, honesty, and industry taught by the lives of our principal heroes are carefully enforced. Great pains have also been taken to relate all the well-known anecdotes and quote the famous speeches which are so frequently alluded to in our current literature.

      Although this book ends with the Revolutionary War, the story of our country is continued on the same lines in a companion volume entitled "The Story of the Great Republic;" yet each book is independent of the other and can be used separately.

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