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.

Nolichucky Jack

2 pages in this part of America First.

Nolichucky Jack

John Sevier rode over the mountains from Virginia to see what kind of home he could find in the new settlements for himself and his family.

Nolichucky Jack: Indians

Then the British began to arm the Indians with guns, and to reward them for bringing in scalps and captives. The peace of the little…

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