In the American grain
By: with an introduction by Horace Gregory.
Series: The New classics
Publisher: New directions
Published: 1940
Place of publication: Norfolk, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Notes: Red Eric.--The discovery of the Indies; Christopher Columbus.--The destruction of Tenochtitlan; Cortez and Montezuma.--The fountain of eternal youth; Juan Ponce de Leon.--De Soto and the new world.--Sir Walter Raleigh.--Voyage of the "Mayflower."--The founding of Quebec; Samuel de Champlain.--The May-pole at Merrymount; Thomas Morton.--Cotton Mather's Wonders of the invisible world:  I. Enchantments encountered.  II. The trial of Bridget Bishop at Salem.  III. Curiosities.--Père Sebastian Rasles.--The discovery of Kentucky; Daniel Boone.--George Washington.--Poor Richard; Benjamin Franklin.--Battle between the Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis; John Paul Jones.--Jacataqua.--The virtue of history; Aaron Burr.--Advent of the slaves.--Edgar Allan Poe.--Abraham Lincoln.