In the American grain,
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New Directions,
1925
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Table of Contents:
- 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, The trial of Susanna Martin. 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.--Abraham Lincoln.