The World’s Story Volume XII: The United States

Eva March Tappan (1854 - 1930)

This is the twelfth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Part XII compiles stories about the early history of the United States, starting with the first explorators, the fights with the native Americans, the early settlers and culminating with the struggle for independence from the European leaders. - Summary by Sonia

Genre(s): Poetry, War & Military, History

Language: English

Group: World's Story

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Raising the first American flag, by E. Percy Moran, American artist, 1862, painting, frontispiece Sonia
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Play 02 The United States Part I: Discovery: Historical note Sonia
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Play 03 The great voyage of Leif Ericson (1001), from the Sagas Piotr Nater
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Play 04 Columbus (1492), by Joaquin Miller Alan Mapstone
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Play 05 Verrazzano's letter to the king (1524) Piotr Nater
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Play 06 The United States Part II: Stories of the Spanish adventurers: Historical note Kristine Bekere
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Play 07 Ponce de Leon seeks the fountain of youth (1513), by Frederick A. Ober April6090
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Play 08 A Spanish peddler among the Indians (1528), by Cabeza de Vaca Piotr Nater
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Play 09 The story of John Ortiz (1528), by one of the companions of De Soto Rita Boutros
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Play 10 When De Soto met the princess (1541), by Theodore Irving Rita Boutros
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Play 11 The burial of De Soto in the Mississippi river (1542), by Theodore Irving Rita Boutros
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Play 12 The United States Part III: The cliff-dwellers of the Southwest: Historical note Tomas Peter
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Play 13 The seven cities of the wilderness, by John Fiske Piotr Nater
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Play 14 How the cliff-dwellers lived, by T. Mitchell Prudden April6090
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Play 15 How Little-Blue-Fox fooled the Coyote, a Pueblo folk-story retold by Charles F. Lummis Sonrisa Jones
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Play 16 The storming of the sky-city (1599), by Charles F. Lummis Piotr Nater
00:28:29
Play 17 The United States Part IV: The planting of the Southern colonies: Historical note Kristine Bekere
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Play 18 The Huguenots in Florida (1562-1565), by George Bancroft Piotr Nater
00:22:01
Play 19 The lost colonoy of Roanoke Island (1584-1587), by Robert Southey Availle
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Play 20 John Smith as a captive among the Indians (1607-1608), by Captain John Smith Jim Locke
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Play 21 Pocahontas and Captain John Smith, by F. C. Yohn, American artist, 1875, painting p. 122 Alan Mapstone
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Play 22 The arrival of ''the King's Maids'' (1620), by Mary Johnston Sonrisa Jones
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Play 23 Life on a Virginia plantation (seventeenth century), by Eva March Tappan Availle
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Play 24 The planting of the colony of Maryland, by Frank B. Mayer, American artist, painting p. 136 Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 25 How Oglethorpe saved Georgia from Spain (1743), by Cyrus Townsend Brady bellanelson875
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Play 26 The United States Part V: The settlement of New England: Historical note Kristine Bekere
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Play 27 When Gosnold came to Cuttyhunk (1602), by John Brereton April6090
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Play 28 The departure of the pilgrims from Holland, from an old Dutch painting, painting p. 160 Alan Mapstone
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Play 29 The coming of the pilgrims (1620), by William Elliot Griffis Devorah Allen
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Play 30 The challenge of the rattlesnake skin (1621), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Jim Locke
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Play 31 The graves of the pilgrims, by Henry Bacon, American artist, 1840, painting p. 174 Tomas Peter
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Play 32 Endicott and the red cross (1634), by Nathaniel Hawthorne Colleen McMahon
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Play 33 How Providence won its name (1636), by George Bancroft Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 34 The Indian Bible (1661-1663), by Nathaniel Hawthorne Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 35 Questions that the Indians asked John Eliot Sonia
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Play 36 The United States Part VI: New Netherland and Pennsylvania: Historical note Kristine Bekere
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Play 37 The first voyage up the Hudson river (1609), by John Fiske Kristine Bekere
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Play 38 How feudalism came to New Netherland (1630), by William Elliot Griffis Piotr Nater
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Play 39 Social life in New Netherland (seventeenth century), by William Elliot Griffis Availle
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Play 40 Wouter van Twiller, governor of New Netherland, by Washington Irving ToddHW
00:11:42
Play 41 The edict of William the Testy, by George H. Boughton, British-American painter, 1836-1905, painting p. 218 Alan Mapstone
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Play 42 How New Amsterdam became New York (1664), by Washington Irving Jim Locke
00:22:55
Play 43 William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania (1682), by Eva March Tappan BettyB
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Play 44 Penn's treaty with the Indians, by Benjamin West, American artist, 1738-1820, painting p. 238 Monika M. C.
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Play 45 The United States Part VII: Stories of the Puritans: Historical note BettyB
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Play 46 Sunday in the New England colonies (seventeenth century), by Alice Morse Earle Jim Locke
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Play 47 Calling a minister three centuries ago (1652), by Eva March Tappan Devorah Allen
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Play 48 The king's missive (1661), by John Greenlead Whittier Alan Mapstone
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Play 49 How Connecticut saved her charter (1687), by W. H. Carpenter and T. S. Arthur Jim Locke
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Play 50 Sir William Phips, treasure-seeker and soldier (latter part of the seventeenth century), by Charles C. B. Seymour Jim Locke
00:21:01
Play 51 Were there witches in Salem ? (1692), by John Fiske Availle
00:24:33
Play 52 The United States Part VIII: Wars with the red men: Historical note BettyB
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Play 53 The mysterious champion of Hadley (1675), by Sir Walter Scott Rita Boutros
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Play 54 The mysterious visitor at Hadley, by F. A. Chapman, painting p. 300 Rita Boutros
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Play 55 The captivity of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (1676), by herself April6090
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Play 56 The death of King Philip (1676), by Gideon H. Hollister Cliona Woodbyrne
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Play 57 The capture of Deerfield (1704), by Francis Parkman Jim Locke
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Play 58 The fight at Lovewell's Pond (1725), by Samuel Adams Drake Rita Boutros
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Play 59 The United States Part IX: The struggle for the West: Historical note BettyB
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Play 60 Why France claimed the Mississippi Valley, by James A. Garfield Availle
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Play 61 Washington's first commission (1753-54), by George Bancroft Jim Locke
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Play 62 Braddock's defeat (1755), by John Fiske Rita Boutros
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Play 63 When Israel Putnam was captured by the Indians, an incident of the French and Indian war (1758), by Oliver W. B. Peabody Jim Locke
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Play 64 The conspiracy of Pontiac (1763-1765), by Mary Hartwell Catherwood Piotr Nater
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Play 65 The prisoner of Machilimackinac (1763), by Alexander Henry Jim Locke
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Play 66 The United States Part X: ''In good old colony times'': Historical note Kristine Bekere
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Play 67 Everyday life in the early colonies, by George Cary Eggleston Piotr Nater
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Play 68 Blackbeard, the last of the pirates (1718), by John Fiske Tomas Peter
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Play 69 Judge Sewall's courtship (1720), by Judge Samuel Sewall Jim Locke
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Play 70 An eighteenth-century voyage down the Hudson river, by James K. Paulding ToddHW
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Play 71 The dress of a little Boston girl in 1772, by Anna Green Winslow April6090
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Play 72 The United States Part XI: On the eve of the revolution: Historical note Kristine Bekere
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Play 73 Benjamin Franklin before the House of Commons (1766), by James Parton Parsa2020
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Play 74 The Boston massacre (1770), by Nathaniel Hawthorne Jim Locke
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Play 75 The Boston Tea-Party (1773), by John Fiske Availle
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Play 76 Patrick Henry delivering his celebrated oration, by Peter Frederick Rothermel, American artist, 1817-1895, painting p. 456 Alan Mapstone
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Play 77 ''Give me liberty, or give me death !'' (1775), by Patrick Henry Tomas Peter
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Play 78 The United States Part XII: From Lexington to Saratoga: Historical note BettyB
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Play 79 The first day of the revolution (1775), by Edward Everett Hale Jim Locke
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Play 80 Grandmother's story of Bunker-Hill battle (1775), as she saw it from the belfry, by Oliver Wendell Holmes Alan Mapstone
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Play 81 When Washington took command (1775), by Henry Cabot Lodge BettyB
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Play 82 How Fort Moultrie was held for the colonies (1776), by George Bancroft Colleen McMahon
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Play 83 The defense of Fort Moultrie, by E. Percy Moran, American artist, 1862, painting p. 494 Alan Mapstone
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Play 84 The Declaration of Independence (1776), by Thomas Wentworth Higginson April6090
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Play 85 Nathan Hale (1776), by Francis Miles Finch Alan Mapstone
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Play 86 How Lafayette came to America (1777), by Edward Everett Parsa2020
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Play 87 Why Cornwallis failed to ''bag the old fox'' (1777), by John Fiske April6090
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Play 88 The marching song of Stark's men (1777), by Edward Everett Hale Alan Mapstone
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Play 89 Burgoyne's surrender (1777), by John Fiske Jim Locke
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Play 90 The United States Part XIII: War in the West and on the ocean: Historical note Tomas Peter
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Play 91 How Daniel Boone saved Boonesborough (1775), by Charles C. B. Seymour Jim Locke
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Play 92 A campaign through the water (1778), by George Rogers Clark Kristine Bekere
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Play 93 How the women brought water to Bryan's station (1782), by Cyrus Townsend Brady Jim Locke
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Play 94 The first salute to the flag (1778), by Sarah Orne Jewett Jim Locke
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Play 95 John Paul Jones in the revolution (1775-1781), by Joel Tyler Headley Jim Locke
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Play 96 The fight between the Serapis and the Bon Homme Richard, by Walt Whitman, from an old engraving, painting p. 588 Sonia
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