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Cover of Poems of American History, The Colonial Era

Poems of American History, The Colonial Era

Various

Length
8 h 40 min
Chapters
40
Language
English
First published
1922

A History through Poetry of the exploration and settling of North American by Europeans. Beginning with Leif Erikson, and continuing through the Age of Exploration to the colonies of Virginia and New Amsterdam, including the arrival of the Puritans, the life of Pocahontas, the persecution of the Quakers, and the horror of the Salem Witch Trials, with works by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, Edward Everett Hale, Benjamin Franklin, William Wordsworth, Julia Ward Howe, and many, many more. This is the first of 5 volumes that cover American History through poetry from the Vikings to WWI. - Summary by Ed Humpal

Cast List (The Proclamation) Cole: DomBomadil Merry: Adele de Pignerolles Kempthorn: Michele Fry Marshal: Douglas Taylor Upsall: Eileen Tipping Christison: Ed Humpal Narrator: Esther ben Simonides Editor: Adele de Pignerolles

Cast List (The Trial): Hathorn: Ed Humpal Martha: SeekWisdom Mary: Beth Thomas Corey: Douglas Taylor Gloyd: Joseph Tabler Narrator, Editor: Adele de Pignerolles

Chapters

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