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 Saving of Hadley

3 pages in this part of America First.

The Saving of Hadley

King Philip's War was raging. Hundreds of the people of New England had fallen victims to the fury of the savages. Whole villages had…

The Saving of Hadley: Indians

Precaution was well taken. In the midst of their devotions yells smote upon their ears. The Indians had crept through the bushes and, under…

The Saving of Hadley: Goffe

These messengers found nothing but trouble in their path. The people, who knew Whalley and Goffe very well, would give no information…

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