"This Country of Ours" is a collection of extraordinary stories from the history of the United States beginning with accounts of exploration and settlement and ending with the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. This is a book which when you lay it down will make you say, "I'm glad that I was born an American."
Contents:
Stories of Explorers and Pioneers
How the Vikings of Old Sought and Found New Lands
The Sea of Darkness and the Great Faith of Columbus
How Columbus Fared Forth Upon the Sea of Darkness and Came to Pleasant Lands Beyond
How Columbus Returned in Triumph
How America Was Named
How the Flag of England Was Planted on the Shores of the New World
How the Flag of France Was Planted in Florida
How the French Founded a Colony in Florida
How the Spaniards Drove the French Out of Florida
How a Frenchman Avenged the Death of His Countrymen
The Adventures of Sir Humphrey Gilbert
About Sir Walter Raleigh's Adventures in the Golden West
Stories of Virginia
The Adventures of Captain John Smith
More Adventures of Captain John Smith
How the Colony Was Saved
How Pocahontas Took a Journey Over the Seas
How the Redmen Fought Against Their White Brothers
How Englishmen Fought a Duel With Tyranny
The Coming of the Cavaliers
Bacon's Rebellion
The Story of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe
Stories of New England
The Story of the Pilgrim Fathers
The Founding of Massachusetts
The Story of Harry Vane
The Story of Anne Hutchinson and the Founding of Rhode Island
The Founding of Harvard
How Quakers First Came to New England
How Maine and New Hampshire Were Founded
The Founding of Connecticut and War With the Indians
The Founding of New Haven
The Hunt for the Regicides
King Philip's War
How the Charter of Connecticut Was Saved
The Witches of Salem
Stories of the Middle and Southern Colonies
Stories of the French in America
Stories of the Struggle for Liberty
The Boston Tea-party
Stories of the United States Under the Constitution
