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 Charter Oak

3 pages in this part of America First.

The Charter Oak

When James II became King of England, he made a determined effort to overthrow the liberties…

The Charter Oak: Andros

King James sent one of his adherents, Sir Edmund Andros, to New England to be Governorgeneral of those colonies, with authority to take to…

The Charter Oak: Wadsworth

He disappeared in the darkness, just as the candles were being re-lighted inside the Chamber and Andros was raving in his disappointment…

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