The United States Of America Vol 3 Of 3

Author : William Torrey Harris
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ISBN 13 : 9781331668404
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book The United States of America, Vol. 3 of 5 written by William Torrey Harris and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The United States of America, Vol. 3 of 5: A Pictorial History of the American Nation From the Earliest Discoveries and Settlements to the Present Time Dr. Harris has in a few sentences brought together the more important points in Revolutionary History which it is desirable for every student to bear in mind. And Dr. Harris has shown admirably well how desirable it is that a young American should be acquainted, even in some detail, with the great passages of the history of his country. The history of what we wisely call "The Revolution" differs from any other passage of written history, not simply in the greatness of the future depending upon that struggle, but in the character of the struggle itself. The points which became important at one time or another were as far apart as Quebec on the North and Florida on the South, while the range of military operations westward went as far as the distance from the ocean to the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes of the Northwest. In this immense region for seven years of actual warfare, and for ten years preceding that warfare, there were operations going forward, all more or less important, which come particularly into the larger history of the time. It is, therefore, very seldom that any passage of history, however important, is to be studied from so many different points of view. In conducting this study, the young American reader has some points of great advantage, and there are some lines of distinct disadvantage, when one compares his study with that of any other period of fifteen or twenty years. It seems desirable to consider this peculiarity of the study before one goes into a careful narrative of events between 1762 and 1783. The first of the difficulties which attend the study of this twenty years is well stated by President John Adams in one of his journals, written before he dreamed of the great future which was before him. He says substantially, that when we examine some written diary of the past it almost always appears that men write careful diaries when they have nothing else to do, but that when they are eagerly occupied in every hour of every day, they have no time to keep up their diaries. This has proved pathetically true in the history of the Thirteen States and of the War with England as the great events of the Revolution went forward. Literally, there were almost no professional soldiers engaged on the American side of the great struggle. General Washington, in one of his early despatches, says that in the whole of his army at the place where he wrote there were not two men who had ever seen more than two regiments of troops on parade or in line of battle. 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.