"I recommend this book to all homeschoolers who are looking for a living book about US History, or those who simply want to expand what they were taught (or not taught) as children."
Beautifully Set, Easy to Read, All Without Having to Do Clunky Editing of Outdated Language
"I use this book as a Charlotte Mason educator with my younger children. Reading the public domain copy was a task as I did edit things, such as 'savages' when talking about Native Americans. The updated version of America First has been exceptionally helpful for me, in that I can read to them without having to edit. We still discuss how Natives were treated, how slaves were treated, and why it's important to see Natives and slaves as PEOPLE - not 'savages' or worse."
It's the Little Things that Really Add to the Ease of Using this Book
"The book is typeset beautifully, and the illustrations really help my children grasp what is going on in each story. I can hand over the book to older children who can read independently and allow them to read the history as opposed to being caught up in the language of the time. Additionally, the fact that there are years included as opposed '50 years ago' is SO HELPFUL for keeping a timeline. It's the little things that really add to the ease of using this book."
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION BY THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR
PREFACE TO THE UPDATED EDITION
1. LEIF, THE LUCKY
2. HOW THE SPANIARDS CONQUERED MEXICO
3. THE CONQUEST OF PERU
4. THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
5. DESOTO DISCOVERS THE MISSISSIPPI
6. SIR WALTER RALEIGH
7. THE LOST COLONY OF ROANOKE
8. SOME ADVENTURES OF JOHN SMITH
9. MORE ADVENTURES OF JOHN SMITH
10. PERSECUTIONS OF THE PILGRIMS AND PURITANS
11. THE ADVENTURES OF MILES STANDISH
12. BUILDING A CANOE
13. THE FLIGHT OF ROGER WILLIAMS
14. OLD SILVER LEG
15. WILLIAM PENN AND THE QUAKERS
16. THE CHARTER OAK
17. BLOODY MARSH
18. THE SAVING OF HADLEY
19. SIR WILLIAM PHIPS AND THE TREASURE SHIP
20. A YOUNG SURVEYOR
21. THE ADVENTURES OF YOUNG WASHINGTON
22. HOW DETROIT WAS SAVED
23. THE STORY OF ACADIA
24. BLACKBEARD, THE PIRATE
25. THE ADVENTURES OF DANIEL BOONE
26. SUNDAY IN THE COLONIES
27. THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS
28. TRAVELING BY STAGE COACH
29. KING GEORGE AND THE COLONIES
30. PATRICK HENRY AND THE PARSON'S CAUSE
31. PAUL REVERE'S RIDE
32. THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS
33. THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY
34. NATHAN HALE
35. THE BRAVERY OF ELIZABETH ZANE
36. CAPTURING THE HESSIANS
37. HOW LAFAYETTE CAME TO AMERICA
38. THE PATRIOTISM OF LYDIA DARRAH
39. CAPTAIN MOLLY PITCHER
40. MARION, THE SWAMP FOX
41. OUTWITTING A TORY
42. SUPPORTING THE COLORS
43. NANCY HART, THE WAR WOMAN OF GEORGIA
44. MAD ANTHONY CAPTURES STONY POINT
45. THE EXECUTION OF MAJOR ANDRE
46. HOW GENERAL SCHUYLER WAS SAVED
47. HOW THE NORTHWEST WAS WON
48. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
49. NOLICHUCKY JACK
50. ELI WHITNEY INVENTS THE COTTON-GIN
51. THOMAS JEFFERSON
52. THE BURNING OF PHILADELPHIA
53. THE EXPEDITION OF LEWIS AND CLARK
54. PIKE EXPLORES THE ARKANSAS VALLEY
55. HOW THE PUMPKINS THE FAMILY
56. OLD IRONSIDES
57. TECUMSEH
58. THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
59. TRAVELING BY CANAL
60. LAFAYETTE'S RETURN TO AMERICA
61. OSCEOLA, THE SEMINOLE CHIEF
62. AN EARLY JOURNEY BY RAILROAD
63. OLD HICKORY
64. DANIEL WEBSTER
65. HENRY CLAY
66. JOHN C. CALHOUN
67. THE HEROES OF THE ALAMO
68. SAM HOUSTON WINS FREEDOM FOR TEXAS
69. THE INVENTION OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH
70. THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA
71. CROSSING THE CONTINENT
72. THE PONY EXPRESS
73. THE BOY WHO SAVED A VILLAGE
74. THE RESCUE OF JERRY MCHENRY
75. ABRAHAM LINCOLN
76. ROBERT E. LEE
77. STONEWALL JACKSON
78. STEALING A LOCOMOTIVE
79. SAM DAVIS
80. AN ESCAPE FROM PRISON
81. RUNNING THE BLOCKADE
82. THROUGH THE HEART OF THE SOUTH
83. THE SURRENDER OF GENERAL LEE
84. LAYING THE ATLANTIC CABLE
85. THE STORY OF THE TELEPHONE
86. THOMAS A. EDISON, THE GREAT INVENTOR
87. CLARA BARTON AND THE RED CROSS
88. HOBSON AND THE MERRIMAC
89. DEWEY AT MANILA BAY
90. CONQUERING THE YELLOW FEVER
91. THE SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA
92. THE LAST RACE OF PRIVATE TREPTOW
93. FRANK LUKE, JR., AVIATOR
