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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Page 356
... feet long , and of two stories in front , the rear being what was called a breakback , that is , sloping down to a height of ten feet , this low part furnishing a shelter for garden tools and various household instruments . The whole ...
... feet long , and of two stories in front , the rear being what was called a breakback , that is , sloping down to a height of ten feet , this low part furnishing a shelter for garden tools and various household instruments . The whole ...
Page 533
... feet . We are now 1000 feet above the level of the South Pass in the Rocky Mountains , and still we are not done ascending . The top of a flat ridge near was bare of snow and very well sprinkled with bunch grass , sufficient to pasture ...
... feet . We are now 1000 feet above the level of the South Pass in the Rocky Mountains , and still we are not done ascending . The top of a flat ridge near was bare of snow and very well sprinkled with bunch grass , sufficient to pasture ...
Page 581
... feet for each and a third claim for the discovery , which extra claim they were entitled to under the mining laws . Having soon ascertained all this from the men before him , Comstock would have none of it . He boisterously declared ...
... feet for each and a third claim for the discovery , which extra claim they were entitled to under the mining laws . Having soon ascertained all this from the men before him , Comstock would have none of it . He boisterously declared ...
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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