A Primary History Of The United States For Schools And Families Illustrated With Numerous Engravings

Author : Benson John Lossing
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330203484
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book A Primary History of the United States written by Benson John Lossing and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Primary History of the United States: For Schools and Families Mr Young Friend : 1. This book was written for your instruction. I was once as young as you are. I was fond of asking questions, and loved to have them answered. By this means, and by reading books and listening to conversation, I learned many useful things which, I have no doubt, you would be glad to know. 2. Among other kinds of knowledge that pleased me, was that which related to the country in which we live. It so delighted me, that I have always felt a desire for all young people to learn what I have learned, and much more. 3. If you will listen to me, I will relate a long and interesting story about the Indians, who first lived here; and then about the great Sailors, and Soldiers, and Governors, and the hundreds of men who came here and cut down the forests built houses and churches and raised grain in fields and fruit in orchards. 4. Then I will tell you how, when many thousands were here, with their wives and children, they made laws built villages and cities factories and ships, steamboats and railways and made every thing appear just as you sec it to-day. That story is called history. When you hear a man tell a new story, you say that is his story - it is History. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.