American Backgrounds (Through Golden Windows)

Story/Poems

• 1 Peregrine White and Virginia Dare p.3
• 2 The Cornfields p.4
• 3 Indian Games and Sports p.6
• 4 His First Buffalo p.9
• 5 The Boy Who Lost His Father p.19
• 6 The Girl Who Sailed a Dragon Ship p.25
• 7 Columbus (1492) p.34
• 8 Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of America p.36
• 9 After Columbus Things Began to Happen p.46
• 10 French Pioneers p.52
• 11 The Naming of America p.53
• 12 Croatan: A Mystery p.58
• 13 John Smith and Jamestown p.60
• 14 Pocahontas p.67
• 15 Swedes and Others on the Delaware p.69
• 16 Christmas on Tinicum p.71
• 17 Southern Ships and Settlers p.79
• 18 The Carolinas and Georgia p.81
• 19 Old Williamsburg p.86
• 20 Chain and Compass p.90
• 21 Thomas Jefferson's Boyhood p.92
• 22 Cicely's Friend William p.101
• 23 The Friendly Printer p.108
• 24 Fray Junipero Serra p.111
• 25 The First Stars and Stripes p.118
• 26 Martha Washington at Valley Forge p.125
• 27 Beneath the Saddle p.129
• 28 Cornwallis's Men p.137
• 29 Concord Hymn p.145
• 30 George Rogers Clark p.147
• 31 A Dream Comes True p.150
• 32 Lewis and Clark Start Westward p.155
• 33 Lost on the Prairie p.160
• 34 The Long Journey Ends p.168
• 35 The LIfe of the Hunter p.171
• 36 The Scout Trail p.175
• 37 Johannes Neesz's Christmas Gifts p.176
• 38 The Pedlar's Clock p.181
• 39 Post Office Tree p.191
• 40 The Oregon Trail p.196
• 41 Gold in the Mountains p.199
• 42 The Youngest Express Rider p.205
• 43 The Last Rail Is Laid p.212
• 44 The Passing of the Buffalo p.214
• 45 The Erie Canal p.221
• 46 California p.223
• 47 Old Steamboat Days p.225
• 48 Ol' Man River p.227
• 49 Booker T. Washington Remembers p.228
• 50 Old Black Joe p.232
• 51 Oh! Susanna p.233
• 52 Lincoln Takes a Moonlight Ride p.234
• 53 Lincoln at Gettysburg p.236
• 54 "With Malice Toward None" p.238
• 55 Euclid Wins a Race p.239
• 56 Be Jubilant, My Feet! p.248
• 57 Heritage p.260
• 58 The Broken Axle p.262
• 59 Where Everything Is Free p.272
• 60 The Fast Mail Goes Through p.274
• 61 Fourth of July p.279
• 62 Treasure of the Harvest p.295
• 63 I Am An American p.299
• 64 How a Song Named a Flag p.300
• 65 New York to Paris p.310
• 66 The Man Who Loved Trees and Mountains p.317
• 67 Thou, Too, Sail On p.321