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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... morning [ August 8 ] we had a good gale of wind at west- southwest ; and this morning our seamen took abundance of mackerel , and about eight of the clock we all had a clear and comfortable sight of America and made land again at an ...
... morning [ August 8 ] we had a good gale of wind at west- southwest ; and this morning our seamen took abundance of mackerel , and about eight of the clock we all had a clear and comfortable sight of America and made land again at an ...
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... morning about break of day , the Lord sent forth a most terrible storm of rain and easterly wind , whereby we were in as much danger as I think ever people were , for we lost in that morning three great anchors and cables , of which ...
... morning about break of day , the Lord sent forth a most terrible storm of rain and easterly wind , whereby we were in as much danger as I think ever people were , for we lost in that morning three great anchors and cables , of which ...
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... morning of the 14th , the colors of the United States on the walls of [ the National Palace of Mexico ] . The first step in the new movement was to carry Chapultepec , a natural and isolated mound of great elevation , strongly fortified ...
... morning of the 14th , the colors of the United States on the walls of [ the National Palace of Mexico ] . The first step in the new movement was to carry Chapultepec , a natural and isolated mound of great elevation , strongly fortified ...
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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