World’s Story Volume XIII: The United States

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

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

Authors: Eva March Tappan In Year : 1914

Book Language: English

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

An August morning with Farragut, by W. H. Overend, American painter, painting, frontispiece
The United States, Volume II: Part I: The colonies win their freedom: Historical note
Congress and Valley Forge (1777-1778), by John Fiske
Baron Steuben drilling the colonial troops at Valley Forge, by Edwin A. Abbey, American artist, 1852, painting p. 4
The message of Lydia Darrah (1777), by Elizabeth F. Ellet
Mollie Pitcher (1787), by Kate Brownlee Sherwood
The capture of Major André (1780), by Jared Sparks
A visit to General Marion (1781), by Charles Carleton Coffin
When Cornwallis surrendered (1781), By Burton Egbert Stevenson
George III acknowledges the independence of the colonies (1782), by Elkanah Watson
When Washington resigned his commission (1783), by R. M. Devens
The United States, Volume II: Part II: Life in revolutionary days: Historical note
The Meschianza at Philadelphia (1778), by John F. Watson
A New England Thanksgiving dinner in 1779, by Juliana Smith
A call on Lady Washington in 1780, by Charles D. Platt
How people traveled in revolutionary times (1775-1781), by John Bach McMaster
Abraham Davenport (1780), by John G. Whittier
The United States, Volume II: Part III: The first years of the nation: Historical note
America, by Samuel Francis Smith
How Philadelphia celebrated the ratification of the Constitution (1788), by John Bach McMaster
The first Inauguration Day (1789), by John Bach McMaster
The death of Washington (1799)
Red Jacket and the missionary (end of the eighteenth century), by Charles H. L. Johnston
The burning of the Philadelphia (1804), by Cyrus Townssend Brady
The trials of the British Minister in Jefferson's administration (1803-1809), by James Parton
The Clermont's first advertisement
The United States, Volume II: Part IV: The Louisiana Territory: Historical note
Napoleon plans to sell Louisiana (1803), by A. E. Winship and Robert W. Wallace
The ''bargain'' purchase of the Louisiana Territory (1803), by James Parton
Taking possession of Louisiana Territory, by Thure de Thulstrupp, painting p. 114
Exploring the Louisiana Territory, by James Parton
Lewis and Clarke at the source of the Missouri, from their journal
Sa-Cá-Ga-We-A (1804), by Edna Dean Proctor
The United States, Volume II: Part V: The war of 1812: Historical note
What caused the second war with England (1812), by Agnes C. Laut
How Winfield Scott rescued the Irishmen, by James Barnes
On the capture of the Guerrière, by Philip Freneau
The Shannon and the Chesapeake (1813), by Thomas Tracy Bouvé
How Perry saved the Northwest (1813), by Charles Morris
The battle of Lake Erie, from an engraving, painting p. 148
The Star-Spangled Banner (1814), by Francis Scott Key
Tecumseh, the Indian Brigadier-General (1813), by Charles H. L. Johnston
The Privateers of 1812, by Willis J. Abbot
The ''Horse-Marines'' of 1814, by John Bach McMaster
The United States, Volume II: Part VI: A period of growth and expansion: Historical note
The opening of the Erie Canal, by John Bach McMaster
The guest of the Nation, by Daniel Webster
The highest peak of the Rocky Mountains, by John Charles Frémont
The first telegram, by R. M. Devens
A little Scotch pioneer in Wisconsin (the first half of the nineteenth century), by John Muir
The United States, Volume II: Part VII: The Mexican War: Historical note
''Remember the Alamo !'', by Cyrus Townsend Brady
The importance of one vote, by W. H. Vail
The storming of Chapultepec (1847), by James Barnes
The United States, Volume II: Part VIII: California: Historical note
When the English discovered California (1577-1579), by Edward Everett Hale
On the California Coast in the Thirties, by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
How the ''Forty-Niners'' reached California, by Henry Childs Merwin
Early business days in San Francisco (1849-1853), by Henry Childs Merwin
The United States, Volume II: Part IX: The shadow of Civil War: Historical note
The ''Broadcloth Mob'' of Boston (1835), by Harriet Martineau
On the underground railway (about 1858), by Francis Grierson
The great Lincoln-Douglas debate (1858), by Francis Grierson
Just before the war (1858), by Morris Schaff
The last moment of John Brown, by Thomas Hovenden, born in Ireland, 1810, died in America in 1895, painting p. 290
The United States, Volume II: Part X: From Fort Sumter to Chancellorsville: Historical note
The bombardment of Fort Sumter (1861), by Orville J. Victor
Battle-Hymn of the Republic (1861), by Julia Ward Howe
The gathering of the Great Army (1861), by Charles Carleton Coffin
Jonathan to John, by James Russell Lowell
The Merrimac and the monitor (1862), by John S. Wise
Taken prisoner at Shiloh (1862), by Henry M. Stanley
The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, by Francis Bicknell Carpenter (United States, 1830-1900), painting p. 346
Boston Hymn, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The United States, Volume II: Part XI: The turning-point: Historical note
''Stonewall'' Jackson by the river (1863), by Mary Johnston
A three-hour truce at Vicksburg (1863), by W. H. Tunnard, of the Confederate Army
Union gunboats on the Mississippi, from an engraving, painting p. 366
A drummer-boy at Gettysburg (1863), by Harry M. Kieffer
John Burns of Gettysburg (1863), by Bret Harte
The Gettysburg Address, by Abraham Lincoln
Alabama dressmaking in the days of the Blockade (1861-1865), by Parthenia Antoinette Hague
General order number 11, by G. C. Brigham, painting p. 390
The United States, Volume II: Part XII: The end of the struggle: Historical note
The Battle of the Crater, Petersburg, by J. D. Woodward, painting p. 406
The day of the evacuation of Richmond (1865), by Morris Schaff
Carrying a message to General Lee, by John S. Wise
Lee's surrender (1865), by Morris Schaff
America after the Civil War, by William Ewart Gladstone
The United States, Volume II: Part XIII: Stories of the Western Indians: Historical note
A Choctaw holiday (about 1850), by George Catlin
What the Indians thought of the White Men, by George Bird Grinnell
The Indian story of the Custer tragedy (1877), by James McLaughlin
The Temecula Valley, and American Grand Pré (1869), by Helen Hunt Jackson
The United States, Volume II: Part XIV: The Spanish War: Historical note
Cuba to Columbia, by Will Carleton (April, 1896)
The sinking of the Maine (1898), by Willis J. Abbot
The battle of Santiago (1898), from the account of a newspaper correspondent
The charge at El Caney, by Frank T. Merrill, painting p. 488
The flag goes by, by Henry Holcomb Bennett
The United States, Volume II: Part XV: The twentieth century: Historical note
The romance of the reindeer (1905), by Mary Gay Humphreys
Totem poles, Alaska, photograph p. 504
Learning coal-mining, by Joseph Husband
The social value of the telephone in the United States, by Herbert N. Casson
How the Panama railroad was built (1849-1855), by Hugh C. Weir
The steam shovel at Panama, by Hugh C. Weir
The triumph of the wireless (1909), by Captain J. B. Ranson, R.N.R.
The National Red Cross at work, by Constance D. Leupp
Gettysburg fifty years after, photograph p. 558
''America for me'', by Henry van Dyke

This is the thirteenth 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 XIII is the second volume of the history of the United States, exploring topics from the Civil War, the settlement on the West Coast, and new scientific discoveries from the 19th and early 20th centuries. - Summary by Sonia