This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States

'This Country of Ours' is a collection of extraordinary stories from the history of the United States beginning with accounts of exploration and settlement and ending with the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. This is a book which when you lay it down will make you say, 'I'm glad that I was born an American.'Contents: Stories of Explorers and PioneersHow the Vikings of Old Sought and Found New LandsThe Sea of Darkness and the Great Faith of ColumbusHow Columbus Fared Forth Upon the Sea of Darkness and Came to Pleasant Lands BeyondHow Columbus Returned in TriumphHow America Was NamedHow the Flag of England Was Planted on the Shores of the New WorldHow the Flag of France Was Planted in FloridaHow the French Founded a Colony in FloridaHow the Spaniards Drove the French Out of FloridaHow a Frenchman Avenged the Death of His CountrymenThe Adventures of Sir Humphrey GilbertAbout Sir Walter Raleigh's Adventures in the Golden WestStories of VirginiaThe Adventures of Captain John Smith More Adventures of Captain John Smith How the Colony Was Saved How Pocahontas Took a Journey Over the Seas How the Redmen Fought Against Their White Brothers How Englishmen Fought a Duel With Tyranny The Coming of the Cavaliers Bacon's Rebellion The Story of the Knights of the Golden HorseshoeStories of New EnglandThe Story of the Pilgrim Fathers The Founding of Massachusetts The Story of Harry Vane The Story of Anne Hutchinson and the Founding of Rhode Island The Founding of Harvard How Quakers First Came to New England How Maine and New Hampshire Were Founded The Founding of Connecticut and War With the Indians The Founding of New Haven The Hunt for the Regicides King Philip's War How the Charter of Connecticut Was Saved The Witches of SalemStories of the Middle and Southern ColoniesStories of the French in AmericaStories of the Struggle for LibertyThe Boston Tea-party Stories of the United States Under the Constitution