Stories of American Life and Adventure

Stories of American Life and Adventure

Edward Eggleston, american historian and novelist (1837-1902)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- PREFACE

-03- A WHITE BOY AMONG THE INDIANS

-04- THE MAKING OF A CANOE

-05- SOME THINGS ABOUT INDIAN CORN

-06- SOME WOMEN IN THE INDIAN WARS

-07- THE COMING OF TEA AND COFFEE

-08- KIDNAPPED BOYS

-09- THE STORY OF PETER WILLIAMSON TWICE A SLAVE

-10- SOLD LIKE JOSEPH

-11- LITTLE LORD SOLD INTO BONDAGE

-12- THE LAST BATTLE OF BLACKBEARD

-13- AN OLD PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL

-14- A DUTCH FAMILY IN THE REVOLUTION

-15- A SCHOOL OF LONG AGO

-16- STORIES OF WHALING

-17- A WHALING SONG

-18- A STRANGE ESCAPE

-19- GRANDMOTHER BEAR

-20- THE GREAT TURTLE

-21- THE RATTLESNAKE GOD

-22- WITCHCRAFT IN LOUISIANA

-23- A STORY OF NIAGARA

-24- AMONG THE ALLIGATORS

-25- JASPER

-26- SONG OF MARION'S MEN

-27- A BRAVE GIRL

-28- A PRISONER AMONG THE INDIANS

-29- HUNGRY TIMES IN THE WOODS

-30- SCOUWA BECOMES A WHITE MAN AGAIN

-31- A BABY LOST IN THE WOODS

-32- ELIZABETH ZANE

-33- THE RIVER PIRATES

-34- OLD FASHIONED TELEGRAPHS

-35- A BOY'S FOOLISH ADVENTURE

-36- A FOOT RACE FOR LIFE

-37- LORETTO AND HIS WIFE

-38- A BLACKFOOT STORY

-39- HOW FREMONT CROSSED THE MOUNTAINS

-40- FINDING GOLD IN CALIFORNIA

-41- DESCENDING THE GRAND CANYON

-42- THE MAN THAT DRAWS THE HANDCART

-43- THE LAZY LUCKY INDIAN

-44- PETER PETERSEN

-45- THE GREATEST OF TELESCOPE MAKERS

-46- ADVENTURES IN ALASKA