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)

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