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Railroad in a Barn
Author: Fitzhugh Turner
Snowshed crews on the Central Pacific, battling blizzards and snowslides, built “the longest house in the world”
Myth On The Map
Author: Lou Ann Everett
Scores of towns and counties all over the nation honor some heroics largely invented by Parson Weems
The Tragedy Of King Philip And The Destruction Of The New England Indians
Author: George Howe
The most serious threat to white colonization of New England was the Indian uprising of 1675-76, known as King Philip’s War. What follows is the story of the tragic man who led that futile struggle, Philip, chief of the Wampanoags. But perhaps it is just as much the story of Philip’s erstwhile friend and resourceful pursuer, Benjamin Church. This account is taken from George Howe’s superb history of Bristol, Rhode Island, Mount Hope, due in February from the Viking Press.
A Century Of Cooperstown
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The Great New England Sleigh
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T. R. Writes His Son
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
No matter how busy he was, Theodore Roosevelt always found time for his children. The charming “picture” letters below, addressed to his thirteen-year-old son Archie from a Louisiana hunting camp, recall a man who for millions of Americans will always live on, forever vigorous, forever young.
Where Ignorant Armies Clashed By Night
Author: E. M. Halliday
The Hawthornes In Paradise
Author: Malcolm Cowley
Nathaniel was poor and sunk in his solitude; Sophia seemed a hopeless invalid, but a late-flower love gave them at last“a perfect Eden”
The Charm Of Christmas Past
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The Lordly Hudson
Author: Carl Carmer
Over 350 years a mighty pageant of history has moved through the myth-haunted valley of the “Great River of the Mountains”