The Heritage of AmericaHenry Steele Commager, Allan Nevins Little, Brown, 1941 - 1227 pages First hand narratives of American life from Leif Ericson to World War II. |
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Henry Steele Commager, Allan Nevins. French and Indians , and a French doctor standing by me , who had opened a vein in my left arm ; after which the interpreter asked me how I did . I told him I felt much pain ; the doctor then washed ...
Henry Steele Commager, Allan Nevins. French and Indians , and a French doctor standing by me , who had opened a vein in my left arm ; after which the interpreter asked me how I did . I told him I felt much pain ; the doctor then washed ...
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... French civiliza- tion should dominate the continent . The French were building forts along the Ohio . Settlers sent out by the Ohio Company were being killed by the Indians or taken prisoners by the French . Governor Dinwiddie of ...
... French civiliza- tion should dominate the continent . The French were building forts along the Ohio . Settlers sent out by the Ohio Company were being killed by the Indians or taken prisoners by the French . Governor Dinwiddie of ...
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... French fleet in the West Indies , the French navy held the upper hand on the American coast . When Cornwallis in the summer of 1781 placed his small army at the end of the Virginia Peninsula , Washington's quick eye saw the oppor ...
... French fleet in the West Indies , the French navy held the upper hand on the American coast . When Cornwallis in the summer of 1781 placed his small army at the end of the Virginia Peninsula , Washington's quick eye saw the oppor ...
Contents
Leif Ericson Sails to Vineland | 3 |
De Soto Finds the Mississippi and Is Buried beneath It ΙΟ | 10 |
John Smith Founds Jamestown and Is Saved | 23 |
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