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
An August morning with Farragut, by W. H. Overend, American painter, painting, frontispieceThe United States, Volume II: Part I: The colonies win their freedom: Historical noteCongress and Valley Forge (1777-1778), by John FiskeBaron Steuben drilling the colonial troops at Valley Forge, by Edwin A. Abbey, American artist, 1852, painting p. 4The message of Lydia Darrah (1777), by Elizabeth F. ElletMollie Pitcher (1787), by Kate Brownlee SherwoodThe capture of Major André (1780), by Jared SparksA visit to General Marion (1781), by Charles Carleton CoffinWhen Cornwallis surrendered (1781), By Burton Egbert StevensonGeorge III acknowledges the independence of the colonies (1782), by Elkanah WatsonWhen Washington resigned his commission (1783), by R. M. DevensThe United States, Volume II: Part II: Life in revolutionary days: Historical noteThe Meschianza at Philadelphia (1778), by John F. WatsonA New England Thanksgiving dinner in 1779, by Juliana SmithA call on Lady Washington in 1780, by Charles D. PlattHow people traveled in revolutionary times (1775-1781), by John Bach McMasterAbraham Davenport (1780), by John G. WhittierThe United States, Volume II: Part III: The first years of the nation: Historical noteAmerica, by Samuel Francis SmithHow Philadelphia celebrated the ratification of the Constitution (1788), by John Bach McMasterThe first Inauguration Day (1789), by John Bach McMasterThe death of Washington (1799)Red Jacket and the missionary (end of the eighteenth century), by Charles H. L. JohnstonThe burning of the Philadelphia (1804), by Cyrus Townssend BradyThe trials of the British Minister in Jefferson's administration (1803-1809), by James PartonThe Clermont's first advertisementThe United States, Volume II: Part IV: The Louisiana Territory: Historical noteNapoleon plans to sell Louisiana (1803), by A. E. Winship and Robert W. WallaceThe ''bargain'' purchase of the Louisiana Territory (1803), by James PartonTaking possession of Louisiana Territory, by Thure de Thulstrupp, painting p. 114Exploring the Louisiana Territory, by James PartonLewis and Clarke at the source of the Missouri, from their journalSa-Cá-Ga-We-A (1804), by Edna Dean ProctorThe United States, Volume II: Part V: The war of 1812: Historical noteWhat caused the second war with England (1812), by Agnes C. LautHow Winfield Scott rescued the Irishmen, by James BarnesOn the capture of the Guerrière, by Philip FreneauThe Shannon and the Chesapeake (1813), by Thomas Tracy BouvéHow Perry saved the Northwest (1813), by Charles MorrisThe battle of Lake Erie, from an engraving, painting p. 148The Star-Spangled Banner (1814), by Francis Scott KeyTecumseh, the Indian Brigadier-General (1813), by Charles H. L. JohnstonThe Privateers of 1812, by Willis J. AbbotThe ''Horse-Marines'' of 1814, by John Bach McMasterThe United States, Volume II: Part VI: A period of growth and expansion: Historical noteThe opening of the Erie Canal, by John Bach McMasterThe guest of the Nation, by Daniel WebsterThe highest peak of the Rocky Mountains, by John Charles FrémontThe first telegram, by R. M. DevensA little Scotch pioneer in Wisconsin (the first half of the nineteenth century), by John MuirThe United States, Volume II: Part VII: The Mexican War: Historical note''Remember the Alamo !'', by Cyrus Townsend BradyThe importance of one vote, by W. H. VailThe storming of Chapultepec (1847), by James BarnesThe United States, Volume II: Part VIII: California: Historical noteWhen the English discovered California (1577-1579), by Edward Everett HaleOn the California Coast in the Thirties, by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.How the ''Forty-Niners'' reached California, by Henry Childs MerwinEarly business days in San Francisco (1849-1853), by Henry Childs MerwinThe United States, Volume II: Part IX: The shadow of Civil War: Historical noteThe ''Broadcloth Mob'' of Boston (1835), by Harriet MartineauOn the underground railway (about 1858), by Francis GriersonThe great Lincoln-Douglas debate (1858), by Francis GriersonJust before the war (1858), by Morris SchaffThe last moment of John Brown, by Thomas Hovenden, born in Ireland, 1810, died in America in 1895, painting p. 290The United States, Volume II: Part X: From Fort Sumter to Chancellorsville: Historical noteThe bombardment of Fort Sumter (1861), by Orville J. VictorBattle-Hymn of the Republic (1861), by Julia Ward HoweThe gathering of the Great Army (1861), by Charles Carleton CoffinJonathan to John, by James Russell LowellThe Merrimac and the monitor (1862), by John S. WiseTaken prisoner at Shiloh (1862), by Henry M. StanleyThe first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, by Francis Bicknell Carpenter (United States, 1830-1900), painting p. 346Boston Hymn, by Ralph Waldo EmersonThe United States, Volume II: Part XI: The turning-point: Historical note''Stonewall'' Jackson by the river (1863), by Mary JohnstonA three-hour truce at Vicksburg (1863), by W. H. Tunnard, of the Confederate ArmyUnion gunboats on the Mississippi, from an engraving, painting p. 366A drummer-boy at Gettysburg (1863), by Harry M. KiefferJohn Burns of Gettysburg (1863), by Bret HarteThe Gettysburg Address, by Abraham LincolnAlabama dressmaking in the days of the Blockade (1861-1865), by Parthenia Antoinette HagueGeneral order number 11, by G. C. Brigham, painting p. 390The United States, Volume II: Part XII: The end of the struggle: Historical noteThe Battle of the Crater, Petersburg, by J. D. Woodward, painting p. 406The day of the evacuation of Richmond (1865), by Morris SchaffCarrying a message to General Lee, by John S. WiseLee's surrender (1865), by Morris SchaffAmerica after the Civil War, by William Ewart GladstoneThe United States, Volume II: Part XIII: Stories of the Western Indians: Historical noteA Choctaw holiday (about 1850), by George CatlinWhat the Indians thought of the White Men, by George Bird GrinnellThe Indian story of the Custer tragedy (1877), by James McLaughlinThe Temecula Valley, and American Grand Pré (1869), by Helen Hunt JacksonThe United States, Volume II: Part XIV: The Spanish War: Historical noteCuba to Columbia, by Will Carleton (April, 1896)The sinking of the Maine (1898), by Willis J. AbbotThe battle of Santiago (1898), from the account of a newspaper correspondentThe charge at El Caney, by Frank T. Merrill, painting p. 488The flag goes by, by Henry Holcomb BennettThe United States, Volume II: Part XV: The twentieth century: Historical noteThe romance of the reindeer (1905), by Mary Gay HumphreysTotem poles, Alaska, photograph p. 504Learning coal-mining, by Joseph HusbandThe social value of the telephone in the United States, by Herbert N. CassonHow the Panama railroad was built (1849-1855), by Hugh C. WeirThe steam shovel at Panama, by Hugh C. WeirThe triumph of the wireless (1909), by Captain J. B. Ranson, R.N.R.The National Red Cross at work, by Constance D. LeuppGettysburg fifty years after, photograph p. 558''America for me'', by Henry van Dyke
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