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World's Story Volume XII: The United States

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

Year of Publication: 1914Genres: War & Military , Travel & Geography , History , Poetry

Running Time: 17 hours 10 minutes 08 seconds

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