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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... knew I had taken great pains to get our colleagues to agree upon some plan , that we might be unanimous ; but he knew that they would pledge themselves to nothing ; but I was determined to take a step which should compel them and all ...
... knew I had taken great pains to get our colleagues to agree upon some plan , that we might be unanimous ; but he knew that they would pledge themselves to nothing ; but I was determined to take a step which should compel them and all ...
Page 536
... knew the danger that the night might bring yielded to the mary , and we camped within three miles of the summit . That night came the dreaded snow . Around the campfires under the trees great feathery flakes came whirling down . The air ...
... knew the danger that the night might bring yielded to the mary , and we camped within three miles of the summit . That night came the dreaded snow . Around the campfires under the trees great feathery flakes came whirling down . The air ...
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... knew was that he was sound asleep when the guard came . It was very wrong , he knew . He wanted to be a good soldier and do his duty . What else did he enlist for ? They could shoot him , and perhaps they ought to , but he could not ...
... knew was that he was sound asleep when the guard came . It was very wrong , he knew . He wanted to be a good soldier and do his duty . What else did he enlist for ? They could shoot him , and perhaps they ought to , but he could not ...
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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