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Contents
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I INTRODUCTION: A Critical Survey of
American History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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II CRISTOFER COLOMBO: A Comedy of
Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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III MAIN STREET: Plymouth, Mass. . . . . . . . . . 57
In the Manner of Sinclair Lewis -
IV THE COURTSHIP OF, MILES STANDISH. . . . . . . . 87
In the Manner of F. Scott Fitzgerald -
V THE SPIRIT OF '75: Letters of a Minute
Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
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VI THE WHISKY REBELLION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
In the Bedtime Story Manner of Thornton W. Burgess
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VII HOW LOVE CAME TO GENERAL
GRANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
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VIII CUSTER'S LAST STAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181xii
In the Manner of Edith Wharton -
IX FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE WORLD:
A Drama of the Great War . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Act I—In the Manner of Mary Raymond
Shipman Andrews
Act 2—In the Manner of Eugene O'Neill
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- The Home Life of the Pilgrims. . . . . . . Frontispiece
- Colombo Does the Marvelous Egg Trick . . . . . . . . 35
- Colombo Teaches Geography to the Queen . . . . . . . 41
- The Voyage to the Land of Colombo's Imagining. . . . 45
- The Red-Haired Stranger Appears. . . . . . . . . . . 51
- Priscilla Kennicott's Foot Slips . . . . . . . . . . 59
- The Meeting of the Jolly Seventeen . . . . . . . . . 63
- The Smart Set Medicine Show. . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
- A Quiet Evening in Plymouth. . . . . . . . . . . . .101
- Ed and the Wife Give Boston the Double—O. . . . . .109
- The Boston Tea Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
- Ed Joins the Minute Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revear . . . . . . . . . .125
- Little Elmer's Father's D.T.'s Delight the Children.135
- Teaching the Young Idea How to Shoot . . . . . . . .141
- How the Dear Children Love Their Liquor! . . . . . .145
- Miss Ella Flowers Arrives at the Party . . . . . . .155
- Ella is Rescued by the General . . . . . . . . . . .167
- The General Refuses a Drink. . . . . . . . . . . . .171
- The World Will Never Forget. . . . . . . . . . . . .209
- For the Freedom of the World . . . . . . . . . . . .217
Illustrations
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