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World's Story Volume XIII: The United States

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

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

Running Time: 15 hours 53 minutes 00 second

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