Stories of American Life and Adventure. Eggleston Edward

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664629326

      Table of Contents

       PREFACE.

       A WHITE BOY AMONG THE INDIANS.

       THE MAKING OF A CANOE.

       SOME THINGS ABOUT INDIAN CORN.

       SOME WOMEN IN THE INDIAN WARS.

       THE COMING OF TEA AND COFFEE.

       KIDNAPPED BOYS.

       THE STORY OF PETER WILLIAMSON.—TWICE A SLAVE.

       SOLD LIKE JOSEPH.—STORIES OF TWO KIDNAPPED BOYS.

       LITTLE LORD SOLD INTO BONDAGE.

       THE LAST BATTLE OF BLACKBEARD.

       AN OLD PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL.

       A DUTCH FAMILY IN THE REVOLUTION.

       A SCHOOL OF LONG AGO.

       STORIES OF WHALING.

       A WHALING SONG.

       A STRANGE ESCAPE.

       GRANDMOTHER BEAR.

       THE GREAT TURTLE.

       THE RATTLESNAKE GOD.

       WITCHCRAFT IN LOUISIANA.

       A STORY OF NIAGARA.

       AMONG THE ALLIGATORS.

       JASPER.

       SONG OF MARION'S MEN.

       A BRAVE GIRL.

       A PRISONER AMONG THE INDIANS.

       HUNGRY TIMES IN THE WOODS.

       SCOUWA BECOMES A WHITE MAN AGAIN.

       A BABY LOST IN THE WOODS.

       ELIZABETH ZANE.

       THE RIVER PIRATES.

       OLD-FASHIONED TELEGRAPHS.

       THE MUSKET TELEGRAPH.

       TELEGRAPHING BY FIRE.

       TELEGRAPHS IN THE REVOLUTION.

       A BOY'S TELEGRAPH.

       A BOY'S FOOLISH ADVENTURE.

       A FOOT RACE FOR LIFE.

       LORETTO AND HIS WIFE.

       A BLACKFOOT STORY.

       HOW FREMONT CROSSED THE MOUNTAINS.

       FINDING GOLD IN CALIFORNIA.

       DESCENDING THE GRAND CANYON.

       THE-MAN-THAT-DRAWS-THE-HANDCART.

       THE LAZY, LUCKY INDIAN.

       PETER PETERSEN.

       A STORY OF THE MINNESOTA INDIAN WAR.

       THE GREATEST OF TELESCOPE MAKERS.

       ADVENTURES IN ALASKA.