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Excerpt from De Soto and His Men in the Land of FloridaAs long as there have been in this world two men telling the same story, there have been two ways of telling that story, and if there are two readers, there will be just so many ways of believing it. It seemed hardly more necessary here, than in the sol dier stories of our own Civil War, for instance, to confute and refute, sift and weigh evidence, when the question is only one of mere hum...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

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Excerpt from Tales of a Time and PlaceThe great advantage was having God on their side, as the children of Israel had, the next best thing was having the finest country, the most noble men, and the bravest soldiers. The only fear was that the enemy would be beaten too easily, and the war cease too soon to be glorious, for, characteristic of their sex, they demanded nothing less than that their war should be the longest, bloodiest, and most glo...

Excerpt from Grace King, or Recollections of Events in the Life and Death of a Pious Youth: With Extracts From Her DiaryGrace was about five years of age when I first saw her, and, was residing in a religious, family, who'were inti mate friends of her deceased parents In personal appearance this child was lovely, she might be truly called beau tz'ful. She had a fine, lofty, and ex panded forehead, her eyes were a deep, dark blue, her skin was ...

Excerpt from The Pleasant Ways of St. MédardAh, what fathers and grandfathers they had, and what wonderful men and women they had known! The children who listened then have never met the like of them in their long life since. Yet Heaven kno'ws how patiently they have looked for them, and how gladly they would have welcomed the sight of them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more ...

Excerpt from Stories From Louisiana HistoryThis book of "Stories from Louisiana History" is intended to lead up to the author's History of Louisiana, which has been used for more than a decade in the public schools of the State. It relates in greater detail and in simpler form the romantic incidents in the early history of the Mississippi Valley.Though the "Stories" have been prepared for very young readers, the authors have been able, in a la...

Excerpt from Monsieur MotteA little girl, also in a large sun-bonnet, with a placard marked Passe - Partout around her neck, turned an angle of the building suddenly and threw the nervous ranks int-o dire confusion.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art tech...