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 54
... sent to Sir William Berkeley ( then governor ) from the heads of the rivers , which were as often answered with promises of assistance . These at the heads of James and York Rivers ( having now most people destroyed by the Indians ...
... sent to Sir William Berkeley ( then governor ) from the heads of the rivers , which were as often answered with promises of assistance . These at the heads of James and York Rivers ( having now most people destroyed by the Indians ...
Page 571
... sent out to do , if we did have to go farther than ordered . And she kept at me so , I couldn't get rid of her . You see , I've got a wife and little girl of my own ; so I felt just how it was ; and I got this man to come with me , and ...
... sent out to do , if we did have to go farther than ordered . And she kept at me so , I couldn't get rid of her . You see , I've got a wife and little girl of my own ; so I felt just how it was ; and I got this man to come with me , and ...
Page 763
... sent for the columns to hurry on- and they were then on elastic springing step . The officers saluted as they passed ... sent to General Trimble to have his men fill the line of the broken brigades , and bravely they repaired the damage ...
... sent for the columns to hurry on- and they were then on elastic springing step . The officers saluted as they passed ... sent to General Trimble to have his men fill the line of the broken brigades , and bravely they repaired the damage ...
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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