The World’s Story Volume XIII: The United States

Eva March Tappan (1854 - 1930)

This is the thirteenth 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 XIII is the second volume of the history of the United States, exploring topics from the Civil War, the settlement on the West Coast, and new scientific discoveries from the 19th and early 20th centuries. - Summary by Sonia

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

Language: English

Group: World's Story

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 An August morning with Farragut, by W. H. Overend, American painter, painting, frontispiece Sonia
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Play 02 The United States, Volume II: Part I: The colonies win their freedom: Historical note Sonia
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Play 03 Congress and Valley Forge (1777-1778), by John Fiske Sonia
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Play 04 Baron Steuben drilling the colonial troops at Valley Forge, by Edwin A. Abbey, American artist, 1852, painting p. 4 Sonia
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Play 05 The message of Lydia Darrah (1777), by Elizabeth F. Ellet Jim Locke
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Play 06 Mollie Pitcher (1787), by Kate Brownlee Sherwood Alan Mapstone
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Play 07 The capture of Major André (1780), by Jared Sparks Colleen McMahon
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Play 08 A visit to General Marion (1781), by Charles Carleton Coffin Colleen McMahon
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Play 09 When Cornwallis surrendered (1781), By Burton Egbert Stevenson Rita Boutros
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Play 10 George III acknowledges the independence of the colonies (1782), by Elkanah Watson Rita Boutros
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Play 11 When Washington resigned his commission (1783), by R. M. Devens Rita Boutros
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Play 12 The United States, Volume II: Part II: Life in revolutionary days: Historical note Tomas Peter
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Play 13 The Meschianza at Philadelphia (1778), by John F. Watson Adrian Stephens
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Play 14 A New England Thanksgiving dinner in 1779, by Juliana Smith Piotr Nater
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Play 15 A call on Lady Washington in 1780, by Charles D. Platt Tomas Peter
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Play 16 How people traveled in revolutionary times (1775-1781), by John Bach McMaster Piotr Nater
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Play 17 Abraham Davenport (1780), by John G. Whittier Alan Mapstone
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Play 18 The United States, Volume II: Part III: The first years of the nation: Historical note J. M. Smallheer
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Play 19 America, by Samuel Francis Smith Tomas Peter
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Play 20 How Philadelphia celebrated the ratification of the Constitution (1788), by John Bach McMaster Rita Boutros
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Play 21 The first Inauguration Day (1789), by John Bach McMaster Rita Boutros
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Play 22 The death of Washington (1799) Devorah Allen
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Play 23 Red Jacket and the missionary (end of the eighteenth century), by Charles H. L. Johnston Valerie Marino
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Play 24 The burning of the Philadelphia (1804), by Cyrus Townssend Brady Availle
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Play 25 The trials of the British Minister in Jefferson's administration (1803-1809), by James Parton Jim Locke
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Play 26 The Clermont's first advertisement Sonia
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Play 27 The United States, Volume II: Part IV: The Louisiana Territory: Historical note J. M. Smallheer
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Play 28 Napoleon plans to sell Louisiana (1803), by A. E. Winship and Robert W. Wallace Greg Giordano
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Play 29 The ''bargain'' purchase of the Louisiana Territory (1803), by James Parton Greg Giordano
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Play 30 Taking possession of Louisiana Territory, by Thure de Thulstrupp, painting p. 114 Tomas Peter
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Play 31 Exploring the Louisiana Territory, by James Parton Greg Giordano
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Play 32 Lewis and Clarke at the source of the Missouri, from their journal Alan Mapstone
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Play 33 Sa-Cá-Ga-We-A (1804), by Edna Dean Proctor Alan Mapstone
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Play 34 The United States, Volume II: Part V: The war of 1812: Historical note J. M. Smallheer
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Play 35 What caused the second war with England (1812), by Agnes C. Laut Jim Locke
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Play 36 How Winfield Scott rescued the Irishmen, by James Barnes Jim Locke
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Play 37 On the capture of the Guerrière, by Philip Freneau Sonia
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Play 38 The Shannon and the Chesapeake (1813), by Thomas Tracy Bouvé Alan Mapstone
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Play 39 How Perry saved the Northwest (1813), by Charles Morris Jim Locke
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Play 40 The battle of Lake Erie, from an engraving, painting p. 148 Meg Huskin
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Play 41 The Star-Spangled Banner (1814), by Francis Scott Key Tomas Peter
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Play 42 Tecumseh, the Indian Brigadier-General (1813), by Charles H. L. Johnston Availle
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Play 43 The Privateers of 1812, by Willis J. Abbot Rita Boutros
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Play 44 The ''Horse-Marines'' of 1814, by John Bach McMaster ToddHW
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Play 45 The United States, Volume II: Part VI: A period of growth and expansion: Historical note J. M. Smallheer
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Play 46 The opening of the Erie Canal, by John Bach McMaster Alan Mapstone
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Play 47 The guest of the Nation, by Daniel Webster ToddHW
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Play 48 The highest peak of the Rocky Mountains, by John Charles Frémont Devorah Allen
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Play 49 The first telegram, by R. M. Devens April6090
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Play 50 A little Scotch pioneer in Wisconsin (the first half of the nineteenth century), by John Muir ToddHW
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Play 51 The United States, Volume II: Part VII: The Mexican War: Historical note J. M. Smallheer
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Play 52 ''Remember the Alamo !'', by Cyrus Townsend Brady Devorah Allen
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Play 53 The importance of one vote, by W. H. Vail thestorygirl
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Play 54 The storming of Chapultepec (1847), by James Barnes Adrian Stephens
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Play 55 The United States, Volume II: Part VIII: California: Historical note Tomas Peter
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Play 56 When the English discovered California (1577-1579), by Edward Everett Hale Piotr Nater
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Play 57 On the California Coast in the Thirties, by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. Colleen McMahon
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Play 58 How the ''Forty-Niners'' reached California, by Henry Childs Merwin Piotr Nater
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Play 59 Early business days in San Francisco (1849-1853), by Henry Childs Merwin Colleen McMahon
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Play 60 The United States, Volume II: Part IX: The shadow of Civil War: Historical note Jim Locke
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Play 61 The ''Broadcloth Mob'' of Boston (1835), by Harriet Martineau April6090
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Play 62 On the underground railway (about 1858), by Francis Grierson Jim Locke
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Play 63 The great Lincoln-Douglas debate (1858), by Francis Grierson mleigh
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Play 64 Just before the war (1858), by Morris Schaff IlliniThom
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Play 65 The last moment of John Brown, by Thomas Hovenden, born in Ireland, 1810, died in America in 1895, painting p. 290 Sonia
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Play 66 The United States, Volume II: Part X: From Fort Sumter to Chancellorsville: Historical note Jim Locke
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Play 67 The bombardment of Fort Sumter (1861), by Orville J. Victor Sawyer Rewis
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Play 68 Battle-Hymn of the Republic (1861), by Julia Ward Howe Alan Mapstone
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Play 69 The gathering of the Great Army (1861), by Charles Carleton Coffin Jim Locke
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Play 70 Jonathan to John, by James Russell Lowell Alan Mapstone
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Play 71 The Merrimac and the monitor (1862), by John S. Wise Jim Locke
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Play 72 Taken prisoner at Shiloh (1862), by Henry M. Stanley Jim Locke
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Play 73 The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, by Francis Bicknell Carpenter (United States, 1830-1900), painting p. 346 Devorah Allen
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Play 74 Boston Hymn, by Ralph Waldo Emerson Alan Mapstone
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Play 75 The United States, Volume II: Part XI: The turning-point: Historical note Jim Locke
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Play 76 ''Stonewall'' Jackson by the river (1863), by Mary Johnston Valerie Marino
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Play 77 A three-hour truce at Vicksburg (1863), by W. H. Tunnard, of the Confederate Army Valerie Marino
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Play 78 Union gunboats on the Mississippi, from an engraving, painting p. 366 Alan Mapstone
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Play 79 A drummer-boy at Gettysburg (1863), by Harry M. Kieffer Sebastian LaVine
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Play 80 John Burns of Gettysburg (1863), by Bret Harte Alan Mapstone
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Play 81 The Gettysburg Address, by Abraham Lincoln Tomas Peter
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Play 82 Alabama dressmaking in the days of the Blockade (1861-1865), by Parthenia Antoinette Hague Colleen McMahon
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Play 83 General order number 11, by G. C. Brigham, painting p. 390 Meg Huskin
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Play 84 The United States, Volume II: Part XII: The end of the struggle: Historical note Jim Locke
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Play 85 The Battle of the Crater, Petersburg, by J. D. Woodward, painting p. 406 Adrian Stephens
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Play 86 The day of the evacuation of Richmond (1865), by Morris Schaff Valerie Marino
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Play 87 Carrying a message to General Lee, by John S. Wise Jim Locke
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Play 88 Lee's surrender (1865), by Morris Schaff Valerie Marino
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Play 89 America after the Civil War, by William Ewart Gladstone Greg Giordano
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Play 90 The United States, Volume II: Part XIII: Stories of the Western Indians: Historical note Jim Locke
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Play 91 A Choctaw holiday (about 1850), by George Catlin Piotr Nater
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Play 92 What the Indians thought of the White Men, by George Bird Grinnell Jim Locke
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Play 93 The Indian story of the Custer tragedy (1877), by James McLaughlin Jim Locke
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Play 94 The Temecula Valley, and American Grand Pré (1869), by Helen Hunt Jackson Availle
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Play 95 The United States, Volume II: Part XIV: The Spanish War: Historical note Piotr Nater
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Play 96 Cuba to Columbia, by Will Carleton (April, 1896) Alan Mapstone
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Play 97 The sinking of the Maine (1898), by Willis J. Abbot April6090
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Play 98 The battle of Santiago (1898), from the account of a newspaper correspondent Meg Huskin
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Play 99 The charge at El Caney, by Frank T. Merrill, painting p. 488 Meg Huskin
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Play 100 The flag goes by, by Henry Holcomb Bennett Tomas Peter
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Play 101 The United States, Volume II: Part XV: The twentieth century: Historical note J. M. Smallheer
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Play 102 The romance of the reindeer (1905), by Mary Gay Humphreys Piotr Nater
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Play 103 Totem poles, Alaska, photograph p. 504 Sonia
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Play 104 Learning coal-mining, by Joseph Husband Valerie Marino
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Play 105 The social value of the telephone in the United States, by Herbert N. Casson Piotr Nater
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Play 106 How the Panama railroad was built (1849-1855), by Hugh C. Weir Availle
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Play 107 The steam shovel at Panama, by Hugh C. Weir Availle
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Play 108 The triumph of the wireless (1909), by Captain J. B. Ranson, R.N.R. Availle
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Play 109 The National Red Cross at work, by Constance D. Leupp Devorah Allen
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Play 110 Gettysburg fifty years after, photograph p. 558 Sonia
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Play 111 ''America for me'', by Henry van Dyke Sonia
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