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 328
... seemed to have assembled on the bank , and many acquaintances came off in small boats . . . . Morning after morning ... seemed inevitable de- struction . Not a word was spoken . The pilots directed the men at the helm by motions of their ...
... seemed to have assembled on the bank , and many acquaintances came off in small boats . . . . Morning after morning ... seemed inevitable de- struction . Not a word was spoken . The pilots directed the men at the helm by motions of their ...
Page 567
... seemed to see Hagar in the wil- derness walking wearily away from her fainting child among the dried - up bushes and seating herself in the hot sand . I seemed to become Hagar myself , and when my little one from the wagon behind me ...
... seemed to see Hagar in the wil- derness walking wearily away from her fainting child among the dried - up bushes and seating herself in the hot sand . I seemed to become Hagar myself , and when my little one from the wagon behind me ...
Page 634
... seemed to be satisfied . I had seen , in Washington , several public men of rough appearance , but none whose looks seemed quite so uncouth , not to say grotesque , as Lincoln's . He received me with an offhand cordiality , like an old ...
... seemed to be satisfied . I had seen , in Washington , several public men of rough appearance , but none whose looks seemed quite so uncouth , not to say grotesque , as Lincoln's . He received me with an offhand cordiality , like an old ...
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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