America First: 100 Stories from Our Own History

Leif the Lucky, the swamp march to Vincennes, the Pony Express — a hundred true adventure stories from American history, told the way children begged to hear them in 1920.

Dewey at Manila Bay

3 pages in this part of America First.

Dewey at Manila Bay

The beautiful islands, known as the Philippines, were the possession of Spain. When war between that country and the United States seemed…

Dewey at Manila Bay: Spanish

Then another and another were fired in quick succession. The fleet answered at once, and put on full steam ahead, for there was no longer…

Dewey at Manila Bay: Olympia

Dewey turned to the Captain of The Olympia, and said, "If you are ready, Gridley, you may fire."

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