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 359
... short - waisted , the breast and shoulders being covered by a full muslin kerchief . Girls ornamented themselves with a large white Vandyke . On the whole , the dress of both men and women has greatly changed . As to the former , short ...
... short - waisted , the breast and shoulders being covered by a full muslin kerchief . Girls ornamented themselves with a large white Vandyke . On the whole , the dress of both men and women has greatly changed . As to the former , short ...
Page 384
... short season in Chicago , with the varying success which in those days always attended the drama , the company went to Galena for a short season , [ 1837 ] traveling in open wagons over the prairie . Our seats were the trunks that ...
... short season in Chicago , with the varying success which in those days always attended the drama , the company went to Galena for a short season , [ 1837 ] traveling in open wagons over the prairie . Our seats were the trunks that ...
Page 1052
... short note was handed to the President . He read it and passed it to each one of us . It was merely an announcement of the Associated Press that it had the Colonel's letter to the governors , the gist of which was hat he would accept ...
... short note was handed to the President . He read it and passed it to each one of us . It was merely an announcement of the Associated Press that it had the Colonel's letter to the governors , the gist of which was hat he would accept ...
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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