The World’s Story Volume XIII: The United States


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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

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