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)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preface
02:38 - Chapter 2
Vineland and the Vikings
29:43 - Chapter 3
Frobisher and the Northwest Passage
12:58 - Chapter 4
Champlain and the Iroquois
29:19 - Chapter 5
Sir William Phips and the Silver-ship
24:42 - Chapter 6
Story of the Regicides
16:39 - Chapter 7
How the Charter was Saved
15:51 - Chapter 8
How Franklin Came to Philadelphia
13:24 - Chapter 9
Perils of the Wilderness
21:45 - Chapter 10
Some Adventures of Major Putnam
25:38 - Chapter 11
Gallant Defense
15:10 - Chapter 12
Daniel Boone, the Pioneer of Kentucky
28:16 - Chapter 13
Paul Revere's Ride
20:09 - Chapter 14
Green Mountain Boys
11:39 - Chapter 15
British at New York
13:20 - Chapter 16
Quakeress Patriot
08:37 - Chapter 17
Siege of Fort Schuyler
24:00 - Chapter 18
On the Track of a Traitor
17:24 - Chapter 19
Marion, the Swamp Fox
19:19 - Chapter 20
Fate of the Philadelphia
18:10 - Chapter 21
Victim of a Traitor
14:56 - Chapter 22
How the Electric Telegraph was Invented
22:04 - Chapter 23
Monitor and the Merrimac
14:11 - Chapter 24
Stealing a Locomotive
18:43 - Chapter 25
Escape from Libby Prison
22:20 - Chapter 26
Sinking of the Albemarle
19:11 - Chapter 27
Alaska-Gold, Furs, and Fishes
15:41 - Chapter 28
How Hawaii Lost its Queen
20:37