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.

The Adventures of Miles Standish

4 pages in this part of America First.

The Adventures of Miles Standish

Captain Miles Standish was an English soldier who, in his wanderings, came across the Pilgrim settlement in Holland. He liked the courage…

The Adventures of Miles Standish: Indians

When the ship reached Cape Cod, Standish, with a few followers, went on shore, looking for a place to establish a settlement. Such a place…

The Adventures of Miles Standish: Indian

An Indian tribe had lived among the Plymouth hills, but a plague had swept the entire tribe away. The stubble in the fields was several…

The Adventures of Miles Standish: Chief

During the spring they made friends with some of the Indians, particularly with Massasoit, an Indian Chief, and with Squanto, another…

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