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Settling the 13 Colonies: Advanced

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CULTURE
♥   Colonial Folkways  by Charles Andrews
A fascinating look at colonial living.
♥   The Courtship of Miles Standish by Longfellow,  ill. by N.C.Wyeth
HISTORY
FC   F2-283   'Of Plymouth Plantation' selections from William Bradford
FC   WS2   U.S. Colonies
​♥   Connecticut   The Tree That Saved Connecticut  An old radio script
♥   Georgia   Georgia History Stories  by Joseph Harris Chappell (1905)
Carefully researched to make the narrative authentic and reliable. 
►   ♥   Massachusetts   Bradford’s History ‘Of Plymouth Plantation’ (1901) 
From the 1898 manuscript. A national treasure! Read how they felt in their own words.
♥   Massachusetts   New Light on the Pilgrim Story  by Thomas Mason
♦   Massachusetts Rock  of Freedom: The Story of Plymouth Colony by Noel Gerson
Messner Milestones of History
♦   $   ​Massachusetts   Saints and Strangers   by George F. Willison (1945)
Extremely detailed look at the Pilgrims.
♥   Massachusetts   Story of the Pilgrim Fathers, as Told By Themselves, Their Friends and Their Enemies ed. Edward Arber (1897)
♦   Massachusetts  The Devil's Shadow by Clifford Alderman
Messner Milestones in History.  The story of Salem witchcraft.
♥   Massachusetts   The Story of the Pilgrim Family  by John Alden (1889) 
The story of John Alden’s descendants
♥   New Jersey   Stories of New Jersey  by Frank Stockton (1896)
An interesting and not difficult read.
♥   Rhode Island   The Story of Roger Williams and the Founding of Rhode Island  by Etta Leighton (1912)
♥   Virginia   The Making of Virginia  by Samuel Drake (1893)
Also includes stories of the Middle Colonies with extra notes to help teachers and parents teach their students and children.
HISTORICAL FICTION
CLASSIC LITERATURE
►  ♥   The Scarlet Letter  by Nathaniel Hawthorne
A complex, symbolic, cautionary tale set in colonial days.  An 1850 instant bestseller.
BIOGRAPHIES
♥   James Oglethorpe   by Harriet Cooper
Few people know the story of this generous man who tried so hard to lift the lives of the poor.  
♥   Miles Standish by John Abbott
"...was the Captain of the Pilgrims.  He conducts us on the Mayflower, across the Atlantic, lands us at Plymouth, and tells the never to be forgotten story of the heroism of our fathers in laying the foundation of this great republic."
♥   Peter Stuyvesant    by John C Abbott (1873)
"...takes us by the hand, and introduces us to the Dutch settlement at the mouth of the Hudson, conveys us, in his schooner, up the solitary river, along whose forest-covered banks Indian villages were scattered; and reveals to us all the struggles, by which the Dutch New Amsterdam was converted into the English New York."
♥   ​William Penn   by Rupert Holland
A very readable and personal look at the life of Penn.
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  • Well-Educated Heart
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      • WEH Reference
      • 1 The Mother's Heart
      • 2 Change of Heart
      • 3 Joy Is Everywhere
      • 4 Heart Before Mind
      • 5 Grand Buffet
      • 6 Journey of Lifetime
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