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.

How the Pumpkins Saved the Family

2 pages in this part of America First.

How the Pumpkins Saved the Family

When the Moore family moved to Ohio, about a hundred years ago, they had to carry with them everything they needed. They went in a covered…

How the Pumpkins Saved the Family: Moore

The first winter was hard. It was cold outside, but Mr. Moore had cleaned up his land, and there was plenty of fuel; so that, when the wind…

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