World's Story Volume XIII: The United States
Eva March Tappan
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Length 15 h 53 min
Chapters 111
First published 1914
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
Chapters
1
An August morning with Farragut, by W. H. Overend, American painter, painting, frontispiece Read by Sonia 2:54
2
The United States, Volume II: Part I: The colonies win their freedom: Historical note Read by Sonia 2:42
3
Congress and Valley Forge (1777-1778), by John Fiske Read by Sonia 4:18
4
Baron Steuben drilling the colonial troops at Valley Forge, by Edwin A. Abbey, American artist, 1852, painting p. 4 Read by Sonia 2:00
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The message of Lydia Darrah (1777), by Elizabeth F. Ellet Read by Jim Locke 12:12
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Mollie Pitcher (1787), by Kate Brownlee Sherwood Read by Alan Mapstone 1:44
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The capture of Major André (1780), by Jared Sparks Read by Colleen McMahon 8:30
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A visit to General Marion (1781), by Charles Carleton Coffin Read by Colleen McMahon 6:04
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When Cornwallis surrendered (1781), By Burton Egbert Stevenson Read by Rita Boutros 8:14
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George III acknowledges the independence of the colonies (1782), by Elkanah Watson Read by Rita Boutros 8:03
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When Washington resigned his commission (1783), by R. M. Devens Read by Rita Boutros 8:09
12
The United States, Volume II: Part II: Life in revolutionary days: Historical note Read by Tomas Peter 2:44
13
The Meschianza at Philadelphia (1778), by John F. Watson Read by Adrian Stephens 12:13
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A New England Thanksgiving dinner in 1779, by Juliana Smith Read by Piotr Nater 8:06
15
A call on Lady Washington in 1780, by Charles D. Platt Read by Tomas Peter 1:58
16
How people traveled in revolutionary times (1775-1781), by John Bach McMaster Read by Piotr Nater 15:56
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Abraham Davenport (1780), by John G. Whittier Read by Alan Mapstone 4:57
18
The United States, Volume II: Part III: The first years of the nation: Historical note Read by J. M. Smallheer 2:33
19
America, by Samuel Francis Smith Read by Tomas Peter 1:37
20
How Philadelphia celebrated the ratification of the Constitution (1788), by John Bach McMaster Read by Rita Boutros 7:09
21
The first Inauguration Day (1789), by John Bach McMaster Read by Rita Boutros 9:04
22
The death of Washington (1799) Read by Devorah Allen 8:54
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Red Jacket and the missionary (end of the eighteenth century), by Charles H. L. Johnston Read by Valerie Marino 7:12
24
The burning of the Philadelphia (1804), by Cyrus Townssend Brady Read by Availle 16:42
25
The trials of the British Minister in Jefferson's administration (1803-1809), by James Parton Read by Jim Locke 12:18
26
The Clermont's first advertisement Read by Sonia 2:08
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The United States, Volume II: Part IV: The Louisiana Territory: Historical note Read by J. M. Smallheer 2:43
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Napoleon plans to sell Louisiana (1803), by A. E. Winship and Robert W. Wallace Read by Greg Giordano 5:19
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The ''bargain'' purchase of the Louisiana Territory (1803), by James Parton Read by Greg Giordano 10:20
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Taking possession of Louisiana Territory, by Thure de Thulstrupp, painting p. 114 Read by Tomas Peter 1:11
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Exploring the Louisiana Territory, by James Parton Read by Greg Giordano 8:25
32
Lewis and Clarke at the source of the Missouri, from their journal Read by Alan Mapstone 5:24
33
Sa-Cá-Ga-We-A (1804), by Edna Dean Proctor Read by Alan Mapstone 4:05
34
The United States, Volume II: Part V: The war of 1812: Historical note Read by J. M. Smallheer 2:20
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What caused the second war with England (1812), by Agnes C. Laut Read by Jim Locke 9:13
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How Winfield Scott rescued the Irishmen, by James Barnes Read by Jim Locke 8:46
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On the capture of the Guerrière, by Philip Freneau Read by Sonia 2:36
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The Shannon and the Chesapeake (1813), by Thomas Tracy Bouvé Read by Alan Mapstone 4:52
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How Perry saved the Northwest (1813), by Charles Morris Read by Jim Locke 13:02
40
The battle of Lake Erie, from an engraving, painting p. 148 Read by Meg Huskin 3:00
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The Star-Spangled Banner (1814), by Francis Scott Key Read by Tomas Peter 3:22
42
Tecumseh, the Indian Brigadier-General (1813), by Charles H. L. Johnston Read by Availle 10:40
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The Privateers of 1812, by Willis J. Abbot Read by Rita Boutros 30:57
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The ''Horse-Marines'' of 1814, by John Bach McMaster Read by ToddHW 9:12
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The United States, Volume II: Part VI: A period of growth and expansion: Historical note Read by J. M. Smallheer 1:52
46
The opening of the Erie Canal, by John Bach McMaster Read by Alan Mapstone 4:00
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The guest of the Nation, by Daniel Webster Read by ToddHW 4:04
48
The highest peak of the Rocky Mountains, by John Charles Frémont Read by Devorah Allen 14:45
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The first telegram, by R. M. Devens Read by April6090 11:21
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A little Scotch pioneer in Wisconsin (the first half of the nineteenth century), by John Muir Read by ToddHW 14:51
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The United States, Volume II: Part VII: The Mexican War: Historical note Read by J. M. Smallheer 1:59
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''Remember the Alamo !'', by Cyrus Townsend Brady Read by Devorah Allen 20:09
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The importance of one vote, by W. H. Vail Read by thestorygirl 1:49
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The storming of Chapultepec (1847), by James Barnes Read by Adrian Stephens 9:00
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The United States, Volume II: Part VIII: California: Historical note Read by Tomas Peter 2:01
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When the English discovered California (1577-1579), by Edward Everett Hale Read by Piotr Nater 9:34
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On the California Coast in the Thirties, by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. Read by Colleen McMahon 16:17
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How the ''Forty-Niners'' reached California, by Henry Childs Merwin Read by Piotr Nater 11:55
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Early business days in San Francisco (1849-1853), by Henry Childs Merwin Read by Colleen McMahon 8:07
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The United States, Volume II: Part IX: The shadow of Civil War: Historical note Read by Jim Locke 3:28
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The ''Broadcloth Mob'' of Boston (1835), by Harriet Martineau Read by April6090 12:14
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On the underground railway (about 1858), by Francis Grierson Read by Jim Locke 14:08
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The great Lincoln-Douglas debate (1858), by Francis Grierson Read by mleigh 11:37
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Just before the war (1858), by Morris Schaff Read by IlliniThom 15:59
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The last moment of John Brown, by Thomas Hovenden, born in Ireland, 1810, died in America in 1895, painting p. 290 Read by Sonia 1:55
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The United States, Volume II: Part X: From Fort Sumter to Chancellorsville: Historical note Read by Jim Locke 3:43
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The bombardment of Fort Sumter (1861), by Orville J. Victor Read by Sawyer Rewis 8:04
68
Battle-Hymn of the Republic (1861), by Julia Ward Howe Read by Alan Mapstone 2:06
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The gathering of the Great Army (1861), by Charles Carleton Coffin Read by Jim Locke 12:58
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Jonathan to John, by James Russell Lowell Read by Alan Mapstone 6:13
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The Merrimac and the monitor (1862), by John S. Wise Read by Jim Locke 27:52
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Taken prisoner at Shiloh (1862), by Henry M. Stanley Read by Jim Locke 23:58
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The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, by Francis Bicknell Carpenter (United States, 1830-1900), painting p. 346 Read by Devorah Allen 2:23
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Boston Hymn, by Ralph Waldo Emerson Read by Alan Mapstone 4:52
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The United States, Volume II: Part XI: The turning-point: Historical note Read by Jim Locke 3:00
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''Stonewall'' Jackson by the river (1863), by Mary Johnston Read by Valerie Marino 15:49
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A three-hour truce at Vicksburg (1863), by W. H. Tunnard, of the Confederate Army Read by Valerie Marino 3:55
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Union gunboats on the Mississippi, from an engraving, painting p. 366 Read by Alan Mapstone 2:05
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A drummer-boy at Gettysburg (1863), by Harry M. Kieffer Read by Sebastian LaVine 22:20
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John Burns of Gettysburg (1863), by Bret Harte Read by Alan Mapstone 6:17
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The Gettysburg Address, by Abraham Lincoln Read by Tomas Peter 2:18
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Alabama dressmaking in the days of the Blockade (1861-1865), by Parthenia Antoinette Hague Read by Colleen McMahon 22:20
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General order number 11, by G. C. Brigham, painting p. 390 Read by Meg Huskin 3:03
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The United States, Volume II: Part XII: The end of the struggle: Historical note Read by Jim Locke 3:04
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The Battle of the Crater, Petersburg, by J. D. Woodward, painting p. 406 Read by Adrian Stephens 2:26
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The day of the evacuation of Richmond (1865), by Morris Schaff Read by Valerie Marino 5:23
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Carrying a message to General Lee, by John S. Wise Read by Jim Locke 26:14
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Lee's surrender (1865), by Morris Schaff Read by Valerie Marino 14:15
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America after the Civil War, by William Ewart Gladstone Read by Greg Giordano 6:40
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The United States, Volume II: Part XIII: Stories of the Western Indians: Historical note Read by Jim Locke 1:59
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A Choctaw holiday (about 1850), by George Catlin Read by Piotr Nater 15:30
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What the Indians thought of the White Men, by George Bird Grinnell Read by Jim Locke 13:14
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The Indian story of the Custer tragedy (1877), by James McLaughlin Read by Jim Locke 27:10
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The Temecula Valley, and American Grand Pré (1869), by Helen Hunt Jackson Read by Availle 13:33
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The United States, Volume II: Part XIV: The Spanish War: Historical note Read by Piotr Nater 2:08
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Cuba to Columbia, by Will Carleton (April, 1896) Read by Alan Mapstone 1:58
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The sinking of the Maine (1898), by Willis J. Abbot Read by April6090 8:57
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The battle of Santiago (1898), from the account of a newspaper correspondent Read by Meg Huskin 10:26
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The charge at El Caney, by Frank T. Merrill, painting p. 488 Read by Meg Huskin 2:55
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The flag goes by, by Henry Holcomb Bennett Read by Tomas Peter 1:40
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The United States, Volume II: Part XV: The twentieth century: Historical note Read by J. M. Smallheer 2:05
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The romance of the reindeer (1905), by Mary Gay Humphreys Read by Piotr Nater 15:37
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Totem poles, Alaska, photograph p. 504 Read by Sonia 1:29
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Learning coal-mining, by Joseph Husband Read by Valerie Marino 16:44
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The social value of the telephone in the United States, by Herbert N. Casson Read by Piotr Nater 21:05
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How the Panama railroad was built (1849-1855), by Hugh C. Weir Read by Availle 12:03
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The steam shovel at Panama, by Hugh C. Weir Read by Availle 13:08
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The triumph of the wireless (1909), by Captain J. B. Ranson, R.N.R. Read by Availle 18:37
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The National Red Cross at work, by Constance D. Leupp Read by Devorah Allen 12:16
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Gettysburg fifty years after, photograph p. 558 Read by Sonia 2:03
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''America for me'', by Henry van Dyke Read by Sonia 2:12
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