The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read
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The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Story of Our Country, Edited by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
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THE STORY OF OUR COUNTRY
EVERY CHILD CAN READ
EDITED BY
REV. JESSE LYMAN HURLBUT, D.D.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
A TALK WITH THE YOUNG READER ABOUT THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY
THE STORY OF OUR COUNTRY
CHAPTER I
COLUMBUS, THE GREAT SAILOR
CHAPTER II
THREE GREAT DISCOVERERS
CHAPTER III
THREE EARLY HEROES
CHAPTER IV
THE DUTCH AND THE QUAKERS COME TO AMERICA
CHAPTER V
THE CAVALIER COLONIES OF THE SOUTH
CHAPTER VI
THE RED MEN, HOW THEY LIVED AND WERE TREATED
CHAPTER VII
ROYAL GOVERNORS AND LOYAL CAPTAINS
CHAPTER VIII
OLD TIMES IN THE COLONIES
CHAPTER IX
A HERO OF THE COLONIES
CHAPTER X
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR AND THE STORY OF THE ACADIANS
CHAPTER XI
THE CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION
CHAPTER XII
FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER XIII
PAUL JONES, THE NAVAL HERO OF THE REVOLUTION
CHAPTER XIV
MARION THE SWAMP FOX AND GENERAL GREENE
CHAPTER XV
THE VOYAGE OF OUR SHIP OF STATE
CHAPTER XVI
THE END OF A NOBLE LIFE
CHAPTER XVII
THE STEAMBOAT AND THE COTTON GIN
CHAPTER XVIII
THE ENGLISH AND AMERICANS FIGHT AGAIN
CHAPTER XIX
HOW THE VICTIMS OF THE ALAMO WERE REVENGED
CHAPTER XX
HOW SLAVERY LED TO WAR
CHAPTER XXI
HOW LINCOLN BECAME PRESIDENT
CHAPTER XXII
THE GREAT CIVIL WAR
CHAPTER XXIII
WAR ON SEA AND LAND
CHAPTER XXIV
THE WASTE OF WAR AND THE WEALTH OF PEACE
CHAPTER XXV
THE MARVELS OF INVENTION
CHAPTER XXVI
HOW THE CENTURY ENDED FOR THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER XXVII
HOW A HUNTER BECAME PRESIDENT
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