World’s Story Volume XII: The United States

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Poetry, Travel & Geography, War & Military, History

Authors: Eva March Tappan In Year : 1914

Book Language: English

Audiobook: World’s Story Volume XII: The United States

Raising the first American flag, by E. Percy Moran, American artist, 1862, painting, frontispiece
The United States Part I: Discovery: Historical note
The great voyage of Leif Ericson (1001), from the Sagas
Columbus (1492), by Joaquin Miller
Verrazzano's letter to the king (1524)
The United States Part II: Stories of the Spanish adventurers: Historical note
Ponce de Leon seeks the fountain of youth (1513), by Frederick A. Ober
A Spanish peddler among the Indians (1528), by Cabeza de Vaca
The story of John Ortiz (1528), by one of the companions of De Soto
When De Soto met the princess (1541), by Theodore Irving
The burial of De Soto in the Mississippi river (1542), by Theodore Irving
The United States Part III: The cliff-dwellers of the Southwest: Historical note
The seven cities of the wilderness, by John Fiske
How the cliff-dwellers lived, by T. Mitchell Prudden
How Little-Blue-Fox fooled the Coyote, a Pueblo folk-story retold by Charles F. Lummis
The storming of the sky-city (1599), by Charles F. Lummis
The United States Part IV: The planting of the Southern colonies: Historical note
The Huguenots in Florida (1562-1565), by George Bancroft
The lost colonoy of Roanoke Island (1584-1587), by Robert Southey
John Smith as a captive among the Indians (1607-1608), by Captain John Smith
Pocahontas and Captain John Smith, by F. C. Yohn, American artist, 1875, painting p. 122
The arrival of ''the King's Maids'' (1620), by Mary Johnston
Life on a Virginia plantation (seventeenth century), by Eva March Tappan
The planting of the colony of Maryland, by Frank B. Mayer, American artist, painting p. 136
How Oglethorpe saved Georgia from Spain (1743), by Cyrus Townsend Brady
The United States Part V: The settlement of New England: Historical note
When Gosnold came to Cuttyhunk (1602), by John Brereton
The departure of the pilgrims from Holland, from an old Dutch painting, painting p. 160
The coming of the pilgrims (1620), by William Elliot Griffis
The challenge of the rattlesnake skin (1621), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The graves of the pilgrims, by Henry Bacon, American artist, 1840, painting p. 174
Endicott and the red cross (1634), by Nathaniel Hawthorne
How Providence won its name (1636), by George Bancroft
The Indian Bible (1661-1663), by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Questions that the Indians asked John Eliot
The United States Part VI: New Netherland and Pennsylvania: Historical note
The first voyage up the Hudson river (1609), by John Fiske
How feudalism came to New Netherland (1630), by William Elliot Griffis
Social life in New Netherland (seventeenth century), by William Elliot Griffis
Wouter van Twiller, governor of New Netherland, by Washington Irving
The edict of William the Testy, by George H. Boughton, British-American painter, 1836-1905, painting p. 218
How New Amsterdam became New York (1664), by Washington Irving
William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania (1682), by Eva March Tappan
Penn's treaty with the Indians, by Benjamin West, American artist, 1738-1820, painting p. 238
The United States Part VII: Stories of the Puritans: Historical note
Sunday in the New England colonies (seventeenth century), by Alice Morse Earle
Calling a minister three centuries ago (1652), by Eva March Tappan
The king's missive (1661), by John Greenlead Whittier
How Connecticut saved her charter (1687), by W. H. Carpenter and T. S. Arthur
Sir William Phips, treasure-seeker and soldier (latter part of the seventeenth century), by Charles C. B. Seymour
Were there witches in Salem ? (1692), by John Fiske
The United States Part VIII: Wars with the red men: Historical note
The mysterious champion of Hadley (1675), by Sir Walter Scott
The mysterious visitor at Hadley, by F. A. Chapman, painting p. 300
The captivity of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (1676), by herself
The death of King Philip (1676), by Gideon H. Hollister
The capture of Deerfield (1704), by Francis Parkman
The fight at Lovewell's Pond (1725), by Samuel Adams Drake
The United States Part IX: The struggle for the West: Historical note
Why France claimed the Mississippi Valley, by James A. Garfield
Washington's first commission (1753-54), by George Bancroft
Braddock's defeat (1755), by John Fiske
When Israel Putnam was captured by the Indians, an incident of the French and Indian war (1758), by Oliver W. B. Peabody
The conspiracy of Pontiac (1763-1765), by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
The prisoner of Machilimackinac (1763), by Alexander Henry
The United States Part X: ''In good old colony times'': Historical note
Everyday life in the early colonies, by George Cary Eggleston
Blackbeard, the last of the pirates (1718), by John Fiske
Judge Sewall's courtship (1720), by Judge Samuel Sewall
An eighteenth-century voyage down the Hudson river, by James K. Paulding
The dress of a little Boston girl in 1772, by Anna Green Winslow
The United States Part XI: On the eve of the revolution: Historical note
Benjamin Franklin before the House of Commons (1766), by James Parton
The Boston massacre (1770), by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Boston Tea-Party (1773), by John Fiske
Patrick Henry delivering his celebrated oration, by Peter Frederick Rothermel, American artist, 1817-1895, painting p. 456
''Give me liberty, or give me death !'' (1775), by Patrick Henry
The United States Part XII: From Lexington to Saratoga: Historical note
The first day of the revolution (1775), by Edward Everett Hale
Grandmother's story of Bunker-Hill battle (1775), as she saw it from the belfry, by Oliver Wendell Holmes
When Washington took command (1775), by Henry Cabot Lodge
How Fort Moultrie was held for the colonies (1776), by George Bancroft
The defense of Fort Moultrie, by E. Percy Moran, American artist, 1862, painting p. 494
The Declaration of Independence (1776), by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Nathan Hale (1776), by Francis Miles Finch
How Lafayette came to America (1777), by Edward Everett
Why Cornwallis failed to ''bag the old fox'' (1777), by John Fiske
The marching song of Stark's men (1777), by Edward Everett Hale
Burgoyne's surrender (1777), by John Fiske
The United States Part XIII: War in the West and on the ocean: Historical note
How Daniel Boone saved Boonesborough (1775), by Charles C. B. Seymour
A campaign through the water (1778), by George Rogers Clark
How the women brought water to Bryan's station (1782), by Cyrus Townsend Brady
The first salute to the flag (1778), by Sarah Orne Jewett
John Paul Jones in the revolution (1775-1781), by Joel Tyler Headley
The fight between the Serapis and the Bon Homme Richard, by Walt Whitman, from an old engraving, painting p. 588

This is the twelfth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Part XII compiles stories about the early history of the United States, starting with the first explorators, the fights with the native Americans, the early settlers and culminating with the struggle for independence from the European leaders. - Summary by Sonia