{"product_id":"2940013841130","title":"MY NATIVE LAND","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOUR NATION'S BIRTH.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Liberty Bell--Impartial Opinions on the Revolutionary\u003cbr\u003eWar--The Shot that was Heard Around the World--The First Committee of\u003cbr\u003eSafety--A Defeat which Equaled a Victory--Washington's Earnestness--To\u003cbr\u003eCongress on Horseback--The First 4th of July Celebration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE WITCH OF SALEM.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Relic of Religious Bigotry--Parson Lawson's Tirade against\u003cbr\u003eWitchcraft--Extraordinary Court Records of Old Puritan Days--Alleged\u003cbr\u003eSupernatural Conjuring--A Man and his Wife both put to Death--Crushed\u003cbr\u003efor Refusing to Plead--A Romance of the Old Days of Witch Persecution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIN PICTURESQUE NEW YORK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome Local Errors Corrected--A Trip Down the Hudson River--The Last of\u003cbr\u003ethe Mohicans--The Home of Rip Van Winkle--The Ladies of Vassar and their\u003cbr\u003eHome--West Point and its History--Sing Sing Prison--The Falls of\u003cbr\u003eNiagara--Indians in New York State.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIN THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Geographical Center of the United States, and its Location West of\u003cbr\u003ethe Mississippi River--The Center of Population--History of Fort\u003cbr\u003eRiley--The Gallant \"Seventh\"--Early Troubles of Kansas--Extermination of\u003cbr\u003ethe Buffalo--But a Few Survivors out of Many Millions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MORMONS AND THEIR WIVES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Pilgrimage Across the Bad Lands to Utah--Incidents of the\u003cbr\u003eMarch--Success of the New Colony--Religious Persecutions--Murder of an\u003cbr\u003eEntire Family--The Curse of Polygamy--An Ideal City--Humors of Bathing\u003cbr\u003ein Great Salt Lake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE INVASION OF OKLAHOMA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA History of the Indian Nation--Early Struggles of Oklahoma\u003cbr\u003eBoomers--Fight between Home-Seekers and Soldiers--Scenes at the Opening\u003cbr\u003eof Oklahoma Proper--A Miserable Night on the Prairie--A Race for\u003cbr\u003eHomes--Lawlessness in the Old Indian Territory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOWBOYS--REAL AND IDEAL.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Much Maligned Class--The Cowboy as he Is, and as he is Supposed to\u003cbr\u003ebe--Prairie Fever and how it is Cured--Life on the Ranch Thirty Years\u003cbr\u003eAgo and Now--Singular Fashions and Changes of Costume--Troubles\u003cbr\u003eEncountered by would-be Bad Men.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWARDS OF OUR NATIVE LAND.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Indians' Admirers and Critics--At School and After--Indian Courtship\u003cbr\u003eand Marriage--Extraordinary Dances--Gambling by Instinct--How\u003cbr\u003e\"Cross-Eye\" Lost his Pony--Pawning a Baby--Amusing and Degrading Scenes\u003cbr\u003eon Annuity Day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCIVILIZATION--ACTUAL AND ALLEGED.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTried in the Balances and Found Wanting--Indian Archers--Bow and Arrow\u003cbr\u003eLore--Barbarous Customs that Die Slowly--\"Great Wolf,\" the Indian\u003cbr\u003eVanderbilt--How the Seri were Taught a Valuable Lesson--Playing with\u003cbr\u003eRattlesnakes with Impunity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOLD TIME COMMUNISTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHouses on Rocks and Sand Hills--How Many Families Dwelt Together in\u003cbr\u003eUnity--Peculiarities of Costumes--Pueblo Architecture and Folk Lore--A\u003cbr\u003eHistoric Struggle and how it Ended--Legends Concerning Montezuma--Curious\u003cbr\u003eReligious Ceremonies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHOW CUSTER LIVED AND DIED.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Remember Custer\"--An Eye-Witness of the Massacre--Custer, Cody and\u003cbr\u003eAlexis--A Ride over the Scenes of the Unequal Conflict--Major Reno's\u003cbr\u003eMarked Failure--How \"Sitting Bull\" Ran Away and Lived to Fight Another\u003cbr\u003eDay--Why a Medicine Man did not Summon Rain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAMONG THE CREOLES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeaning of the word \"Creole\"--An Old Aristocratic Relic--The Venice of\u003cbr\u003eAmerica--Origin of the Creole Carnivals--Rex and his Annual\u003cbr\u003eDisguises--Creole Balls--The St. Louis Veiled Prophets--The French\u003cbr\u003eMarket and other Landmarks in New Orleans--A Beautiful Ceremony and an\u003cbr\u003eUnfinished Monument.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE HEATHEN CHINEE IN HIS ELEMENT.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Trip to Chinatown, San Francisco--A House with a History--Narrow\u003cbr\u003eAlleys and Secret Doors--Opium Smoking and its Effects--The\u003cbr\u003eHighbinders--Celestial Theatricals--Chinese Festivals--The Brighter Side\u003cbr\u003eof a Great City--A Mammoth Hotel and a Beautiful Park.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBEFORE EMANCIPATION AND AFTER.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst Importation of Negro Slaves into America--The Original\u003cbr\u003eAbolitionists--A Colored Enthusiast and a Coward--Origin of the word\u003cbr\u003e\"Secession\"--John Brown's Fanaticism--Uncle Tom's Cabin--Faithful unto\u003cbr\u003eDeath--George Augustus Sala on the Negro who Lingered too long in the\u003cbr\u003eMill Pond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XV.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOUR NATIONAL PARK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Delightful Rhapsody--Early History of Yellowstone Park--A Fish Story\u003cbr\u003ewhich Convulsed Congress--The First White Man to Visit the Park--A Race\u003cbr\u003efor Life--Philosophy of the Hot Springs--Mount Everts--From the Geysers\u003cbr\u003eto Elk Park--","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172207935728,"sku":"2940013841130","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013841130_p0.jpg?v=1763595409","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013841130","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}