{"product_id":"2940013845237","title":"THE BEGINNER'S AMERICAN HISTORY","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e                                           PARAGRAPH\u003cbr\u003e     I. COLUMBUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1\u003cbr\u003e    II. JOHN AND SEBASTIAN CABOT . . . . . . . .  21\u003cbr\u003e   III. BALBOA, PONCE DE LEON, and DE SOTO . . .  28\u003cbr\u003e    IV. SIR WALTER RALEIGH . . . . . . . . . . .  32\u003cbr\u003e     V. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH . . . . . . . . . . .  37\u003cbr\u003e    VI. CAPTAIN HENRY HUDSON . . . . . . . . . .  52\u003cbr\u003e   VII. CAPTAIN MYLES STANDISH . . . . . . . . .  62\u003cbr\u003e  VIII. LORD BALTIMORE . . . . . . . . . . . . .  76\u003cbr\u003e    IX. ROGER WILLIAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . .  82\u003cbr\u003e     X. KING PHILIP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  87\u003cbr\u003e    XI. WILLIAM PENN . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  96\u003cbr\u003e   XII. GENERAL JAMES OGLETHORPE . . . . . . . . 102\u003cbr\u003e  XIII. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN  . . . . . . . . . . . 109\u003cbr\u003e   XIV. GEORGE WASHINGTON  . . . . . . . . . . . 123\u003cbr\u003e    XV. DANIEL BOONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146\u003cbr\u003e   XVI. GENERAL JAMES ROBERTSON  . . . . . . . . 156\u003cbr\u003e  XVII. GOVERNOR JOHN SEVIER . . . . . . . . . . 156\u003cbr\u003e XVIII. GENERAL GEORGE ROGERS CLARK  . . . . . . 161\u003cbr\u003e   XIX. GENERAL RUFUS PUTNAM . . . . . . . . . . 169\u003cbr\u003e    XX. ELI WHITNEY  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175\u003cbr\u003e   XXI. THOMAS JEFFERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . 183\u003cbr\u003e  XXII. ROBERT FULTON  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191\u003cbr\u003e XXIII. GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON . . . . . 201\u003cbr\u003e  XXIV. GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON . . . . . . . . . 206\u003cbr\u003e   XXV. PROFESSOR SAMUEL F. B. MORSE . . . . . . 220\u003cbr\u003e  XXVI. GENERAL SAM HOUSTON  . . . . . . . . . . 229\u003cbr\u003e XXVII. CAPTAIN ROBERT GRAY  . . . . . . . . . . 233\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII. CAPTAIN J. A. SUTTER . . . . . . . . . . 236\u003cbr\u003e  XXIX. ABRAHAM LINCOLN  . . . . . . . . . . . . 243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA SHORT LIST OF BOOKS\u003cbr\u003eINDEX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF LARGE MAPS.\u003cbr\u003e                                                          PARAGRAPH\u003cbr\u003e   I. Map Illustrating the Early Life of Washington . . . . . . 127\u003cbr\u003e  II. Map of the Revolution (northern states) . . . . . . . . . 135\u003cbr\u003e III. Map of the Revolution (southern states) . . . . . . . . . 140\u003cbr\u003e  IV. The United States at the close of the Revolution  . . . . 187\u003cbr\u003e   V. The United States after the Purchase of Louisiana (1803)  188\u003cbr\u003e  VI. The United States after the Purchase of Florida (1819)  . 218\u003cbr\u003e VII. The United States after the Acquisition of Texas (1845) . 230\u003cbr\u003eVIII. The United States after the Acquisition of Oregon (1846)  235\u003cbr\u003e  IX. The United States after the Acquisition of California\u003cbr\u003e        and New Mexico (1848) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239\u003cbr\u003e   X. The United States after the Gadsden Purchase (1853) . . . 240\u003cbr\u003e  XI. The United States after the Purchase of Alaska (1867)\u003cbr\u003e        See Map of North America (giving a summary of the\u003cbr\u003e        territorial growth of the United States)  . . . . . . . 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOTE.--In these maps it has been thought best to give the boundaries\u003cbr\u003eof the thirteen original states as they now exist; and to show the\u003cbr\u003eoutlines of other states before they were organized and admitted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.\u003cbr\u003e                                                          PARAGRAPH\u003cbr\u003e  I. The Statue of Liberty  . . . . . . . . . . . . ._Frontispiece_\u003cbr\u003e II. An Indian Attack on a Settlement . . . . . . . . . . . . .  91\u003cbr\u003eIII. Paul Revere's Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134\u003cbr\u003e IV. Battle of New Orleans  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217\u003cbr\u003e  V. Niagara Suspension Bridge  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218\u003cbr\u003e VI. Mount Hood, Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233\u003cbr\u003eVII. Mirror Lake, California  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BEGINNER'S AMERICAN HISTORY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_The paragraph headings, following the paragraph numbers, will be\u003cbr\u003efound useful for topical reference, and, if desired, as questions;\u003cbr\u003eby simply omitting these headings, the book may be used as a reader._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_Teachers who wish a regular set of questions on each section will\u003cbr\u003efind them at the end of the section. Difficult words are defined or\u003cbr\u003epronounced at the end of the numbered paragraph where they first\u003cbr\u003eoccur; reference to them will be found in the index._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS\u003cbr\u003e(1436-1506).[1]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Birth and boyhood of Columbus.--Christopher Columbus,[2] the\u003cbr\u003ediscoverer of America, was born at Genoa,[3] a seaport of Italy, more\u003cbr\u003ethan four hundred and fifty years ago. His father was a\u003cbr\u003ewool-comber.[4] Christopher did not care to learn that trade, but\u003cbr\u003ewanted to become a sailor. Seeing the boy's strong liking for the\u003cbr\u003esea, his father sent him to a school where he could learn geography,\u003cbr\u003emap-drawing, and whatever else might help him to become some day\u003cbr\u003ecommander of a vessel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration: COLUMBUS AS A BOY. (From the statue in the Museum of\u003cbr\u003eFine Arts, Boston.)]","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073773093104,"sku":"2940013845237","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013845237_p0.jpg?v=1763595455","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013845237","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}