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. 27. " Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death ! " Patrick Henry , prominent as a radical in opposing the measures of the British government , had sat in the First ... Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!"
Henry Steele Commager, Allan Nevins. 27. " Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death ! " Patrick Henry , prominent as a radical in opposing the measures of the British government , had sat in the First ... Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!"
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... give the greatest trouble , and the disappointed class give rise to many vexations . - May 21st . Being in the same room with the Secretary and seen by all his visitors , I am necessarily making many new acquaintances ; and quite a ...
... give the greatest trouble , and the disappointed class give rise to many vexations . - May 21st . Being in the same room with the Secretary and seen by all his visitors , I am necessarily making many new acquaintances ; and quite a ...
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... give . I took the wife of the attorney gen- eral to it in domino , who , after her life in Washington , was amazed ... give New Yorkers a sensation , to give them a ban- quet which should exceed in luxury and expense anything before seen ...
... give . I took the wife of the attorney gen- eral to it in domino , who , after her life in Washington , was amazed ... give New Yorkers a sensation , to give them a ban- quet which should exceed in luxury and expense anything before seen ...
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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