This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States
This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States

Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2018-11-02

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 8026897862

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"This Country of Ours" is a collection of extraordinary stories from the history of the United States beginning with accounts of exploration and settlement and ending with the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. This is a book which when you lay it down will make you say, "I'm glad that I was born an American." Contents: Stories of Explorers and Pioneers How the Vikings of Old Sought and Found New Lands The Sea of Darkness and the Great Faith of Columbus How Columbus Fared Forth Upon the Sea of Darkness and Came to Pleasant Lands Beyond How Columbus Returned in Triumph How America Was Named How the Flag of England Was Planted on the Shores of the New World How the Flag of France Was Planted in Florida How the French Founded a Colony in Florida How the Spaniards Drove the French Out of Florida How a Frenchman Avenged the Death of His Countrymen The Adventures of Sir Humphrey Gilbert About Sir Walter Raleigh's Adventures in the Golden West Stories of Virginia The Adventures of Captain John Smith More Adventures of Captain John Smith How the Colony Was Saved How Pocahontas Took a Journey Over the Seas How the Redmen Fought Against Their White Brothers How Englishmen Fought a Duel With Tyranny The Coming of the Cavaliers Bacon's Rebellion The Story of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Stories of New England The Story of the Pilgrim Fathers The Founding of Massachusetts The Story of Harry Vane The Story of Anne Hutchinson and the Founding of Rhode Island The Founding of Harvard How Quakers First Came to New England How Maine and New Hampshire Were Founded The Founding of Connecticut and War With the Indians The Founding of New Haven The Hunt for the Regicides King Philip's War How the Charter of Connecticut Was Saved The Witches of Salem Stories of the Middle and Southern Colonies Stories of the French in America Stories of the Struggle for Liberty The Boston Tea-party Stories of the United States Under the Constitution

American Heritage History of the United States
American Heritage History of the United States

Author: Douglas Brinkley

Publisher: New Word City

Published: 2015-04-08

Total Pages: 555

ISBN-13: 1612308570

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"Douglas Brinkley and American Heritage have done a grand job. This is a first-rate book: fair, clear, and enormously welcome." - David McCullough "Douglas Brinkley's one-volume history is a riveting narrative of unique people who have come to call themselves American. There is no dust on these pages as the author brilliantly tells our national story with skill and brevity." In this rich and inspiring book, acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley takes us on the incredible journey of the United States - a nation formed from a vast countryside on whose fringes thirteen small British colonies fought for their freedom, then established a democratic nation that spanned the continent, and went on to become a world power. This book will be treasured by anyone interested in the story of America.

A People's History of the United States
A People's History of the United States

Author: Howard Zinn

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2003-02-04

Total Pages: 764

ISBN-13: 9780060528423

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Since its original landmark publication in 1980, A People's History of the United States has been chronicling American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version of history taught in schools -- with its emphasis on great men in high places -- to focus on the street, the home, and the, workplace. Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. As historian Howard Zinn shows, many of our country's greatest battles -- the fights for a fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, health and safety standards, universal suffrage, women's rights, racial equality -- were carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance. Covering Christopher Columbus's arrival through President Clinton's first term, A People's History of the United States, which was nominated for the American Book Award in 1981, features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history. Revised, updated, and featuring a new after, word by the author, this special twentieth anniversary edition continues Zinn's important contribution to a complete and balanced understanding of American history.

This Country of Ours
This Country of Ours

Author: H. E. Marshall

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-09-15

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 9781537705019

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A classic, comprehensive survey of pre-20th Century American history, H.E. Marshall's This Country of Ours: The Story of America is essential reading for young historians.

This Country of Ours
This Country of Ours

Author: H. E. Marshall

Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.

Published: 2007-11-01

Total Pages: 501

ISBN-13: 1602068747

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Originally published in 1917, This Country of Ours is a children's book that tells the story of the United States. Part I explores the landing of the Leif Ericson, a Viking, who was inspired by his countrymen's tales of a new land beyond Greenland. The stories continue through Columbus and the landings of the French, Spanish, and English on the shores of the New World. Part II of the book covers tales from explorer John Smith and Virginia colonies. Part III moves to the New England colonies and the tales of the Pilgrims, and Part IV moves to the South. In Part V, Marshall recounts tales of the Louisiana territory, Part VI takes on the American Revolution, and Part VII covers the building and rebuilding of the United States through the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. This book is suitable for children of all ages. British author HENRIETTA ELIZABETH MARSHALL (1867-1941) is most widely known for her children's books. She wrote, among others, Our Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls (1905) and Scotland's Story: A History of Scotland for Boys and Girls (1906).

This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States
This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States

Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2023-12-16

Total Pages: 517

ISBN-13:

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"This Country of Ours" is a collection of extraordinary stories from the history of the United States beginning with accounts of exploration and settlement and ending with the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. This is a book which when you lay it down will make you say, "I'm glad that I was born an American." Contents: Stories of Explorers and Pioneers How the Vikings of Old Sought and Found New Lands The Sea of Darkness and the Great Faith of Columbus How Columbus Fared Forth Upon the Sea of Darkness and Came to Pleasant Lands Beyond How Columbus Returned in Triumph How America Was Named How the Flag of England Was Planted on the Shores of the New World How the Flag of France Was Planted in Florida How the French Founded a Colony in Florida How the Spaniards Drove the French Out of Florida How a Frenchman Avenged the Death of His Countrymen The Adventures of Sir Humphrey Gilbert About Sir Walter Raleigh's Adventures in the Golden West Stories of Virginia The Adventures of Captain John Smith More Adventures of Captain John Smith How the Colony Was Saved How Pocahontas Took a Journey Over the Seas How the Redmen Fought Against Their White Brothers How Englishmen Fought a Duel With Tyranny The Coming of the Cavaliers Bacon's Rebellion The Story of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Stories of New England The Story of the Pilgrim Fathers The Founding of Massachusetts The Story of Harry Vane The Story of Anne Hutchinson and the Founding of Rhode Island The Founding of Harvard How Quakers First Came to New England How Maine and New Hampshire Were Founded The Founding of Connecticut and War With the Indians The Founding of New Haven The Hunt for the Regicides King Philip's War How the Charter of Connecticut Was Saved The Witches of Salem Stories of the Middle and Southern Colonies Stories of the French in America Stories of the Struggle for Liberty The Boston Tea-party Stories of the United States Under the Constitution

This Country of Ours
This Country of Ours

Author: Henrietta Marshall

Publisher:

Published: 2016-10-10

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9781539447450

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The story of the United States. At once story and history, this accurate, painstaking and alluring book is an inspiration to youth to cherish those ideals we have attained and are now fighting to preserve. "Mr. Marshall has written a long-needed history story of our own country. Americans are so frequently reminded their country is still in the making that they easily believe it is without a background vivid with the color and romance of adventure in a new land. Yet two-thirds of this book is devoted to thrilling stories of explorers and pioneers in Virginia, New England, the middle and southern colonies and regions traversed by the French in America, and to stories of the struggle for liberty. The remainder relates in briefer form the story of the United States under the constitution, brought down to the time of the great war. The pleasing story side of the history of our country minus the tiresome influence of dates, politics and facts will enliven many an hour for young Continent readers who like true stories." -The Continent "The book appears to be in the main historically accurate." -Springfield Republican "American history told in story form for boys and girls. Begins with the coming of the Vikings and ends with entrance of United States into the war." -Publishers Weekly "These are days when children should be reading most carefully the history of their own country. American children particularly should be studying most thoughtfully the grand traditions of the United States. From 1776 onward there is the glorious story of liberty and freedom - the development of democracy and the advancement of good government. In fact, there has been no time in the history of our own country when children, and grown-ups as well for that matter, should more seriously take account of their heritage - should realize through what travail their forefathers passed and this country should be free and permanently free. That such a study and review be rendered interesting and alluring - that history be made instructive yet romantic - this is the task that H. E. Marshall has once again successfully accomplished in 'This Country of Ours' - an accurate, painstaking, fascinating book that is at once story and history - that becomes an inspiration to youth to cherish those ideals we have attained and to see to it that they are preserved that their children may read of the glorious achievements of the children of these days." -The Publishers' Trade List Annual

This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States of America
This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States of America

Author: H. E. Marshall

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-07-17

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9781387951987

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H. E. Marshall's lively and spectacular history of the United States from its tumultuous inception through to World War I is available anew in this comprehensive edition. Using her wealth of experience as a historian of nations, H. E. Marshall set out in 1917 to chronicle North America's history from the colonial era onward. Rather than opt for a straightforward chronological exploration of the USA's evolution and growth as a nation, Marshall instead opted to tell stories peculiar to each of the regions, as well as events with important ramifications for the entire country. The book is therefore divided into seven principal parts, each of which contains numerous chapters that relate a particular episode of American history. Marshall begins with the colonial period and the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus, and thereafter details the arrival of the British, then the French and Spanish, to North American shores.