World's Story Volume XII: The United States
Eva March Tappan
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Length 17 h 10 min
Chapters 96
First published 1914
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
Chapters
1
Raising the first American flag, by E. Percy Moran, American artist, 1862, painting, frontispiece Read by Sonia 1:59
2
The United States Part I: Discovery: Historical note Read by Sonia 1:32
3
The great voyage of Leif Ericson (1001), from the Sagas Read by Piotr Nater 10:26
4
Columbus (1492), by Joaquin Miller Read by Alan Mapstone 2:38
5
Verrazzano's letter to the king (1524) Read by Piotr Nater 14:28
6
The United States Part II: Stories of the Spanish adventurers: Historical note Read by Kristine Bekere 2:02
7
Ponce de Leon seeks the fountain of youth (1513), by Frederick A. Ober Read by April6090 10:49
8
A Spanish peddler among the Indians (1528), by Cabeza de Vaca Read by Piotr Nater 13:40
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The story of John Ortiz (1528), by one of the companions of De Soto Read by Rita Boutros 9:02
10
When De Soto met the princess (1541), by Theodore Irving Read by Rita Boutros 17:21
11
The burial of De Soto in the Mississippi river (1542), by Theodore Irving Read by Rita Boutros 7:43
12
The United States Part III: The cliff-dwellers of the Southwest: Historical note Read by Tomas Peter 1:23
13
The seven cities of the wilderness, by John Fiske Read by Piotr Nater 6:32
14
How the cliff-dwellers lived, by T. Mitchell Prudden Read by April6090 27:20
15
How Little-Blue-Fox fooled the Coyote, a Pueblo folk-story retold by Charles F. Lummis Read by Sonrisa Jones 8:57
16
The storming of the sky-city (1599), by Charles F. Lummis Read by Piotr Nater 28:29
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The United States Part IV: The planting of the Southern colonies: Historical note Read by Kristine Bekere 2:41
18
The Huguenots in Florida (1562-1565), by George Bancroft Read by Piotr Nater 22:01
19
The lost colonoy of Roanoke Island (1584-1587), by Robert Southey Read by Availle 10:57
20
John Smith as a captive among the Indians (1607-1608), by Captain John Smith Read by Jim Locke 13:08
21
Pocahontas and Captain John Smith, by F. C. Yohn, American artist, 1875, painting p. 122 Read by Alan Mapstone 2:53
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The arrival of ''the King's Maids'' (1620), by Mary Johnston Read by Sonrisa Jones 15:05
23
Life on a Virginia plantation (seventeenth century), by Eva March Tappan Read by Availle 9:56
24
The planting of the colony of Maryland, by Frank B. Mayer, American artist, painting p. 136 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 2:48
25
How Oglethorpe saved Georgia from Spain (1743), by Cyrus Townsend Brady Read by bellanelson875 22:45
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The United States Part V: The settlement of New England: Historical note Read by Kristine Bekere 2:12
27
When Gosnold came to Cuttyhunk (1602), by John Brereton Read by April6090 15:46
28
The departure of the pilgrims from Holland, from an old Dutch painting, painting p. 160 Read by Alan Mapstone 2:41
29
The coming of the pilgrims (1620), by William Elliot Griffis Read by Devorah Allen 10:09
30
The challenge of the rattlesnake skin (1621), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Read by Jim Locke 8:46
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The graves of the pilgrims, by Henry Bacon, American artist, 1840, painting p. 174 Read by Tomas Peter 1:42
32
Endicott and the red cross (1634), by Nathaniel Hawthorne Read by Colleen McMahon 15:26
33
How Providence won its name (1636), by George Bancroft Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 9:41
34
The Indian Bible (1661-1663), by Nathaniel Hawthorne Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 9:07
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Questions that the Indians asked John Eliot Read by Sonia 2:01
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The United States Part VI: New Netherland and Pennsylvania: Historical note Read by Kristine Bekere 2:51
37
The first voyage up the Hudson river (1609), by John Fiske Read by Kristine Bekere 7:19
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How feudalism came to New Netherland (1630), by William Elliot Griffis Read by Piotr Nater 6:42
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Social life in New Netherland (seventeenth century), by William Elliot Griffis Read by Availle 13:02
40
Wouter van Twiller, governor of New Netherland, by Washington Irving Read by ToddHW 11:42
41
The edict of William the Testy, by George H. Boughton, British-American painter, 1836-1905, painting p. 218 Read by Alan Mapstone 2:52
42
How New Amsterdam became New York (1664), by Washington Irving Read by Jim Locke 22:55
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William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania (1682), by Eva March Tappan Read by BettyB 11:21
44
Penn's treaty with the Indians, by Benjamin West, American artist, 1738-1820, painting p. 238 Read by Monika M. C. 2:42
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The United States Part VII: Stories of the Puritans: Historical note Read by BettyB 2:27
46
Sunday in the New England colonies (seventeenth century), by Alice Morse Earle Read by Jim Locke 20:12
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Calling a minister three centuries ago (1652), by Eva March Tappan Read by Devorah Allen 6:26
48
The king's missive (1661), by John Greenlead Whittier Read by Alan Mapstone 4:38
49
How Connecticut saved her charter (1687), by W. H. Carpenter and T. S. Arthur Read by Jim Locke 7:15
50
Sir William Phips, treasure-seeker and soldier (latter part of the seventeenth century), by Charles C. B. Seymour Read by Jim Locke 21:01
51
Were there witches in Salem ? (1692), by John Fiske Read by Availle 24:33
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The United States Part VIII: Wars with the red men: Historical note Read by BettyB 2:40
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The mysterious champion of Hadley (1675), by Sir Walter Scott Read by Rita Boutros 14:05
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The mysterious visitor at Hadley, by F. A. Chapman, painting p. 300 Read by Rita Boutros 3:14
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The captivity of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (1676), by herself Read by April6090 27:21
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The death of King Philip (1676), by Gideon H. Hollister Read by Cliona Woodbyrne 13:41
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The capture of Deerfield (1704), by Francis Parkman Read by Jim Locke 13:21
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The fight at Lovewell's Pond (1725), by Samuel Adams Drake Read by Rita Boutros 10:45
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The United States Part IX: The struggle for the West: Historical note Read by BettyB 2:41
60
Why France claimed the Mississippi Valley, by James A. Garfield Read by Availle 9:37
61
Washington's first commission (1753-54), by George Bancroft Read by Jim Locke 8:05
62
Braddock's defeat (1755), by John Fiske Read by Rita Boutros 16:36
63
When Israel Putnam was captured by the Indians, an incident of the French and Indian war (1758), by Oliver W. B. Peabody Read by Jim Locke 13:13
64
The conspiracy of Pontiac (1763-1765), by Mary Hartwell Catherwood Read by Piotr Nater 25:01
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The prisoner of Machilimackinac (1763), by Alexander Henry Read by Jim Locke 17:36
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The United States Part X: ''In good old colony times'': Historical note Read by Kristine Bekere 2:16
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Everyday life in the early colonies, by George Cary Eggleston Read by Piotr Nater 18:58
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Blackbeard, the last of the pirates (1718), by John Fiske Read by Tomas Peter 6:33
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Judge Sewall's courtship (1720), by Judge Samuel Sewall Read by Jim Locke 9:50
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An eighteenth-century voyage down the Hudson river, by James K. Paulding Read by ToddHW 12:26
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The dress of a little Boston girl in 1772, by Anna Green Winslow Read by April6090 5:05
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The United States Part XI: On the eve of the revolution: Historical note Read by Kristine Bekere 2:02
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Benjamin Franklin before the House of Commons (1766), by James Parton Read by Parsa2020 22:40
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The Boston massacre (1770), by Nathaniel Hawthorne Read by Jim Locke 8:56
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The Boston Tea-Party (1773), by John Fiske Read by Availle 19:48
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Patrick Henry delivering his celebrated oration, by Peter Frederick Rothermel, American artist, 1817-1895, painting p. 456 Read by Alan Mapstone 2:39
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''Give me liberty, or give me death !'' (1775), by Patrick Henry Read by Tomas Peter 6:20
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The United States Part XII: From Lexington to Saratoga: Historical note Read by BettyB 2:38
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The first day of the revolution (1775), by Edward Everett Hale Read by Jim Locke 23:36
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Grandmother's story of Bunker-Hill battle (1775), as she saw it from the belfry, by Oliver Wendell Holmes Read by Alan Mapstone 12:56
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When Washington took command (1775), by Henry Cabot Lodge Read by BettyB 12:27
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How Fort Moultrie was held for the colonies (1776), by George Bancroft Read by Colleen McMahon 15:26
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The defense of Fort Moultrie, by E. Percy Moran, American artist, 1862, painting p. 494 Read by Alan Mapstone 2:13
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The Declaration of Independence (1776), by Thomas Wentworth Higginson Read by April6090 9:17
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Nathan Hale (1776), by Francis Miles Finch Read by Alan Mapstone 4:02
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How Lafayette came to America (1777), by Edward Everett Read by Parsa2020 16:14
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Why Cornwallis failed to ''bag the old fox'' (1777), by John Fiske Read by April6090 7:41
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The marching song of Stark's men (1777), by Edward Everett Hale Read by Alan Mapstone 2:21
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Burgoyne's surrender (1777), by John Fiske Read by Jim Locke 16:57
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The United States Part XIII: War in the West and on the ocean: Historical note Read by Tomas Peter 2:31
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How Daniel Boone saved Boonesborough (1775), by Charles C. B. Seymour Read by Jim Locke 15:00
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A campaign through the water (1778), by George Rogers Clark Read by Kristine Bekere 20:43
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How the women brought water to Bryan's station (1782), by Cyrus Townsend Brady Read by Jim Locke 10:45
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The first salute to the flag (1778), by Sarah Orne Jewett Read by Jim Locke 7:55
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John Paul Jones in the revolution (1775-1781), by Joel Tyler Headley Read by Jim Locke 37:48
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The fight between the Serapis and the Bon Homme Richard, by Walt Whitman, from an old engraving, painting p. 588 Read by Sonia 2:05
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