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 (15 hr 53 min)

Chapitres

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