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Permission to use Heritage History documents or images for commercial purposes, or more information about our collection of traditional history resources can be obtained by contacting us at [email protected] Original Copyright 1920 by Lawton Evans 2 Distributed by Heritage History 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE SALEM WITCHES ........................................................ 46 TRAVELING BY STAGE-COACH .......................................... 47 KING GEORGE AND THE COLONIES .................................... 49 LEIF, THE LUCKY ................................................................ 5 PATRICK HENRY AND THE PARSON'S CAUSE ..................... 51 HOW THE SPANIARDS CONQUERED MEXICO ...................... 6 PAUL REVERE'S RIDE ........................................................ 53 THE CONQUEST OF PERU..................................................... 8 THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS ........................................... 54 THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH .................................................. 9 THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY .......................................... 55 DE SOTO DISCOVERS THE MISSISSIPPI .............................. 10 NATHAN HALE .................................................................. 56 SIR WALTER RALEIGH ...................................................... 12 THE BRAVERY OF ELIZABETH ZANE ................................. 58 THE LOST COLONY OF ROANOKE ..................................... 13 CAPTURING THE HESSIANS ................................................ 60 SOME ADVENTURES OF JOHN SMITH ................................. 15 HOW LAFAYETTE CAME TO AMERICA ............................... 61 MORE ADVENTURES OF JOHN SMITH ................................ 16 THE PATRIOTISM OF LYDIA DARRAH ................................ 62 PERSECUTION OF THE PILGRIMS AND PURITANS ................ 17 CAPTAIN MOLLY PITCHER ................................................ 64 THE ADVENTURES OF MILES STANDISH ............................ 19 MARION, THE SWAMP-FOX ............................................... 65 BUILDING A CANOE .......................................................... 21 OUTWITTING A TORY ........................................................ 67 THE FLIGHT OF ROGER WILLIAMS .................................... 22 SUPPORTING THE COLORS ................................................. 68 OLD SILVER LEG ............................................................... 23 NANCY HART, THE WAR WOMAN OF GEORGIA ................ 69 WILLIAM PENN AND THE QUAKERS .................................. 25 MAD ANTHONY CAPTURES STONY POINT ......................... 71 THE CHARTER OAK ........................................................... 26 THE EXECUTION OF MAJOR ANDRE .................................. 72 BLOODY MARSH ............................................................... 28 HOW GENERAL SCHUYLER WAS SAVED ............................ 73 THE SAVING OF HADLEY .................................................. 29 AN INDIAN TRICK THAT FAILED ........................................ 74 SIR WILLIAM PHIPS AND THE TREASURE SHIP .................. 30 HOW THE NORTHWEST WAS WON ..................................... 76 HANNAH DUSTIN .............................................................. 32 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ........................................................ 78 ISRAEL PUTNAM CAPTURES THE WOLF ............................. 34 NOLICHUCKY JACK ........................................................... 79 A YOUNG SURVEYOR ........................................................ 35 ELI WHITNEY INVENTS THE COTTON GIN ......................... 81 THE ADVENTURES OF YOUNG WASHINGTON .................... 37 THOMAS JEFFERSON .......................................................... 82 HOW THE INDIANS TREATED MAJOR PUTNAM .................. 38 THE BURNING OF THE PHILADELPHIA ................................ 84 HOW DETROIT WAS SAVED ............................................... 40 THE EXPEDITION OF LEWIS AND CLARK ............................ 85 THE STORY OF ACADIA ..................................................... 41 COLTER'S RACE FOR LIFE .................................................. 87 BLACKBEARD THE PIRATE ................................................ 42 PIKE EXPLORES THE ARKANSAS ALLEY ............................ 88 THE ADVENTURES OF DANIEL BOONE .............................. 43 HOW THE PUMPKINS SAVED A FAMILY ............................. 90 SUNDAY IN THE COLONIES ................................................ 45 OLD IRONSIDES ................................................................. 91 Original Copyright 1920 by Lawton Evans 3 Distributed by Heritage History 2009 TECUMSEH ........................................................................ 93 HOBSON AND THE MERRIMAC ......................................... 141 THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER ......................................... 94 DEWEY AT MANILA BAY ................................................. 142 TRAVELING BY THE CANAL ............................................... 96 CONQUERING THE YELLOW FEVER ................................. 143 LAFAYETTE'S RETURN TO AMERICA ................................. 97 THE SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA ..................................... 145 OSCEOLA, THE SEMINOLE CHIEF ....................................... 98 THE LAST RACE OF PRIVATE TREPTOW........................... 147 AN EARLY JOURNEY BY RAILROAD ................................ 100 FRANK LUKE, JR.—AVIATOR .......................................... 148 OLD HICKORY ................................................................. 101 THE EXPLOITS OF SERGEANT YORK ................................ 150 DANIEL WEBSTER ........................................................... 102 HENRY CLAY .................................................................. 104 CHRISTMAS ON THE PLANTATION ................................... 105 JOHN C. CALHOUN .......................................................... 107 THE HEROES OF THE ALAMO .........................................

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