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.

◆ A Cabinet of Curiosities ◆

The Republic’s Footnotes

The footnotes the patriotic readings skipped.

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Leif, the Lucky

1 page

How the Spaniards Conquered Mexico

5 pages

The Conquest of Peru

5 pages

The Fountain of Youth

1 page

De Soto Discovers the Mississippi

2 pages

Sir Walter Raleigh

2 pages

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

1 page

Some Adventures of John Smith

5 pages

Persecutions of the Pilgrims and Puritans

3 pages

The Adventures of Miles Standish

4 pages

Building a Canoe

1 page

The Flight of Roger Williams

6 pages

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Highlights

King George and the Colonies

We must not get the idea that the Colonies in America were disloyal in their allegiance to the mother country. On the contrary…

Today's story from our own history

Which American Legend Are You?

Five questions match you with one of the book's hundred true heroes and heroines — then read your own story.

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