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This series, in seven parts, tells the story of America from the earliest founding through the days of Woodrow Wilson and World War I. In Part 4, you'll hear stories of the Middle and Southern Colonies. Stories include: The Founding of Maryland, How New Amsterdam Became New York, How a German Ruled New York, Pirates! The Founding of New Jersey, The Founding of Pennsylvania, How Benjamin Franklin Came to Philadelphia, The Founding of North...
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In Part 1, you'll hear stories of the exciting adventures of the explorers and pioneers, like Columbus and Cabot, who faced daunting trials to find the "New World." Stories include: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...
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This series, in seven parts, tells the story of America from the earliest founding through the days of Woodrow Wilson World War I. Part 6 continues the series with the stories of the struggle for liberty. Stories include: The Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere's Ride – The Unsheathing of the Sword, The First Thrust – The Battle of Bunker Hill, The War in Canada, The Birth of a Great Nation, The Darkest Hour – Trenton and Princeton Burgoyne's...
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This series, in seven parts, tells the story of America from the earliest founding through the days of Woodrow Wilson and World War I. In Part 5, you'll hear stories of the French in America. Stories include: Stories of the French in America, How the Mississippi Was Discovered, King Williams' War and Queen Anne's War, The Mississippi Bubble, How a Terrible Disaster Befell the British Army, The End of French Rule in America, The Rebellion of...
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This series, in seven parts, tells the story of America from the earliest founding through the days of Woodrow Wilson and World War I. The seven main topics include: Stories of Explorers and Pioneers; Stories of Virginia; Stories of New England; Stories of the Middle and Southern Colonies; Stories of the French in America; Stories of the Struggle for Liberty; Stories of the United States under the Constitution.
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In Part 2, you'll hear stories of the settlement of the Virginia Colony. Stories include: 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.
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In this classic piece of American poetry, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow commemorates the actions of American patriot Paul Revere on April 18, 1775. The tale depicts Paul Revere's exciting midnight ride to warn all the neighbors in the countryside that the British were coming-one light if by land and two if by sea. InThe Pied Piper of Hamelin got rid of the pesky, hated rats, but when the villagers refused to pay for his services, the Pied Piper took...
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Scarlet Pimpernel series volume 3
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In Baroness Emma Orczy's 1905 novel "The Scarlet Pimpernel", the year is 1792 and the French Revolution is complete. People die by the guillotine every day, often unjustly. Stepping in to right these wrongs and rescue the innocent is the elusive "Scarlet Pimpernel", a mysterious agent named for the red flower that is his signature. Meanwhile, foppish Sir Percy Blakeney and his French actress wife Marguerite are having marital difficulties when Marguerite...
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What is a Golden Deed? We all of us enjoy a story of battle and adventure. Some of us delight in the anxiety and excitement with which we watch the various strange predicaments, hairbreadth escapes, and ingenious contrivances that are presented to us; and the mere imaginary dread of the dangers thus depicted, stirs our feelings and makes us feel eager and full of suspense. A Golden Deed must be something more than mere display of fearlessness. Grave...
50) Just so stories
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CLASSIC FICTION (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). Following the initial success of The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling published the collection of parables Just So Stories. He first entertained his own children with these delightful and humorous tales before deciding to write them down for publication. The stories are written in the form of what came to be also known as pourqoui (French for "why") stories, each explaining how and why things came to be as they...