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 476
... hundred pounds or three hundred and fifty or three hundred was considered a good day's work , but on the Burleigh place many picked five hun- dred pounds . All had to be picked free of trash . No one could do this who had not been ...
... hundred pounds or three hundred and fifty or three hundred was considered a good day's work , but on the Burleigh place many picked five hun- dred pounds . All had to be picked free of trash . No one could do this who had not been ...
Page 581
... hundred and sixty acres of land at this point for a ranch ; also that he owned the water they were using in mining , it being from the Caldwell spring in what was afterward known as Spanish Ravine . Suspecting that they were working in ...
... hundred and sixty acres of land at this point for a ranch ; also that he owned the water they were using in mining , it being from the Caldwell spring in what was afterward known as Spanish Ravine . Suspecting that they were working in ...
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... hundred yards of the enemy's breastwork and commenced an effective fire with grape and canister . Colonel Sherman ... hundred and thirty killed ; wounded , two hundred and eight ; prisoners , seven hundred and thirty . About six hundred ...
... hundred yards of the enemy's breastwork and commenced an effective fire with grape and canister . Colonel Sherman ... hundred and thirty killed ; wounded , two hundred and eight ; prisoners , seven hundred and thirty . About six hundred ...
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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