Volume II of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This second volume supplements the first with additional stories of the discovery, colonization, founding, and early years of the United States of America, describing history for children and young adults in an exciting and novel manner. (Summary by Kalynda)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Ponce de Leon and the Fountain of Youth
09:09 - Chapter 2
De Soto and the Father of Waters
14:47 - Chapter 3
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
08:21 - Chapter 4
The Thrilling Adventures of Captain John Smith
16:25 - Chapter 5
The Indian Massacre in Virginia
13:04 - Chapter 6
The Great Rebellion in the Old Dominion
17:55 - Chapter 7
La Salle the Explorer of the Mississippi
20:56 - Chapter 8
The French of Louisiana and the Natchez Indians
16:58 - Chapter 9
The Knights of the Golden Horseshoe
09:42 - Chapter 10
How Oglethorpe Saved Georgia from Spain
12:44 - Chapter 11
A Boy's Working Holiday in the Wildwood
13:45 - Chapter 12
Patrick Henry, the Herald of the Revolution
16:38 - Chapter 13
Governor Tryon and the Carolina Regulators
15:52 - Chapter 14
Lord Dunmore and the Gunpowder
13:58 - Chapter 15
The Fatal Expedition of Colonel Rogers
10:55 - Chapter 16
How Colonel Clark won the Northwest
18:02 - Chapter 17
King's Mountain and the Patriots of Tennessee
12:14 - Chapter 18
General Greene's Famous Retreat
14:17 - Chapter 19
Eli Whitney, the Inventor of the Cotton Gin
11:58 - Chapter 20
How Old Hickory Fought the Creeks
19:09 - Chapter 21
The Pirates of Barataria Bay
16:09 - Chapter 22
The Heroes of the Alamo
11:30 - Chapter 23
How Houston Won Freedom for Texas
08:07 - Chapter 24
Captain Robert E. Lee and the Lava-Beds
13:44 - Chapter 25
A Christmas Day on the Plantation
15:47 - Chapter 26
Captain Gordon and the Raccoon Roughs
12:40 - Chapter 27
Stuart's Famous Chambersburg Raid
23:09 - Chapter 28
Forrest's Chase of the Raiders
19:21 - Chapter 29
Exploits of a Blockade-Runner
15:17 - Chapter 30
Fontain, the Scout, and the Besiegers of Vicksburg
13:02 - Chapter 31
Gordon and the Bayonet Chart at Antietam
10:58 - Chapter 32
The Last Triumph of Stonewall Jackson
16:40 - Chapter 33
John Morgan's Famous Raid
18:27 - Chapter 34
Home-Coming of General Lee and His Veterans
20:34