Summary Volume II of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This second volume supplements the first with additional stories of the discovery, colonization, founding, and early years of the United States of America, describing history for children and young adults in an exciting and novel manner.
(Summary by Kalynda for Librivox)
Downloadable resources from CurrClick relating to Colonial America and The Civil War.
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Total running time: 8 hours, 23 minutes
01 – Ponce de Leon and the Fountain of Youth
02 – De Soto and the Father of the Waters
03 – The Lost Colony of Roanoke
04 – The Thrilling Adventures of Captain John
05 – The Indian Massacre in Virginia
06 – The Great Rebellion in the Old Dominion
07 – La Salle the Explorer of the Mississippi
08 – The French of Louisiana and the Natchez Indians
09 – The Knights of the Golden Horseshoe
10 – How Oglethorpe Saved Georgia from Spain
11 – A Boy’s Working Holiday in the Wildwood
12 – Patrick Henry, the Herald of the Revolution
13 – Governor Tryon and the Carolina Regulators
14 – Lord Dunmore and the Gunpowder
15 – The Fatal Expedition of Colonel Rogers
16 – How Colonel Clark Won the Northwest
17 – King’s Mountain and the Patriots of Tennessee
18 – General Greene’s Famous Retreat
19 – Eli Whitney, the Inventor of the Cotton Gin
20 – How Old Hickory Fought the Creeks
21 – The Pirates of Barataria Bay
23 – How Houston Won Freedom for
24 – Captain Robert E. Lee and the Lava-Beds
25 – A Christmas Day on the Plantation
26 – Captain Gordon and the Raccoon Roughs
27 – Stuart’s Famous Chambersburg
28 – Forrest’s Chase of the Raiders
29 – Exploits of a Blockade-Runner
30 – Fontain, the Scout, and the Besiegers of Vicksburg
31 – Gordon and the Bayonet Chart at Antietam
32 – The Last Triumph of Stonewall Jackson