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The Story of the Thirteen Colonies

H. A. Guerber

Book Overview: 

These short vignettes of American history are written for the young reader. Each one is a little capsule of a person or event. They run from the pre-Columbian era through the end of the American War of Independence. Some of the expressions and language reflect attitudes of the 18th century that seem out of place from the vantage of the 21st century, but these nuggets of history give a glimpse into that era.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Cod. Sailing along, he found a beautiful country, saw a bear plunge into the water to catch fish, and, landing at least once, planted an English flag upon our soil, thus taking formal possession of it in the name of England.

The next year his son made a similar journey. Sailing in and out of every bay, he sought a strait which would take him past these wild lands to the rich cities of the East, which he fancied were very near there. Of course he failed to find such a strait between Nova Scotia and Cape Hat´ter-as, but the English later claimed all this part of the country, because it had been discovered by the Cabots. Still, for many years they made no attempt to plant a colony there, and prized their discovery so little that Henry VII. gave Cabot only £10 reward for all he had done.

The Portuguese, as we have seen, were very jealous when Columbus came back from his first journey, saying[61] he had found the road to India. But while he wa. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Read with Ben for school.

Un video para niños sobre la historia de las 13 colonias britanicas en America y la guerra de independencia de estados unidos.

La historia de las colonias es interesante pero la mitad del libro se dedica a la guerra de independencia con muchos nombres de lugares y personas lo que lo hace bastante pes

[Edit to original review, 1/18/2017] Regarding my point 3, critiquing the book for being "summary history," I retain my original criticism. Yet, I will say that, as I have been teaching out of it for a semester, this is an absolutely excellent history book for 8th grade (ages 13-14) and under. It is