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Excerpt from Presidents of the United States: From Pierce to McKinleyUnion has a chance of reaching the most exalted office in the gift of his country.It is fitting at the beginning of the new century to take stock of the one that has just passed away, and there is no better way in which a country can sum up its achievements than by closely following the lives of its kings, or emperors, or presidents.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishe...

Excerpt from Marguerite De Roberval: A Romance of the Days of Jacques CartierThe two men were walking along one of the winding thoroughfares of the French seaport of St Malo, on a glorious moonlight evening in the autumn of I 539. The hour, though still early, was an unusual one in those days for anybody to be abroad simply for pleasure, and the little town was quiet and deserted save for an occasional pedestrian whom business, of one kind or ...

Excerpt from The War Chief of the Ottawas: A Chronicle of the Pontiac WarHeavy price. French and the Indians, save for one ep-tion, had been on terms of amity from he beginning. The reason for this was that he French had treated the Indians with tudied kindness. The one exception was Iroquois League or Six Nations. Cham in the first years Of his residence at c, had joined the Algonquins and in an attack on them', which they ver forgot, and, in...

Excerpt from The Jesuit Missions: A Chronicle of the Cross, in the WildernessWhen the friars reached Quebec they arranged a division of labour in this manner: Jamay and Du Plessis were to remain at Quebec, d'olbeau was to return to Tadoussac and essay the thorny task of converting the tribes round that fishing and trading station while to Le Caron was assigned a more distant field, but one that promised a rich harvest. Six or seven hundred mil...

Excerpt from Earl Roberts, V. C., Lord Kitchener and the Great Boer War: Early Life of a Great Soldier, Experiences in Indian Mutiny, The Umbeyla Expedition, The Abyssinian Expedition, Into the Land of Lushais, Leading the Kuram Field Force to Victory, Fighting His Way to Kabul, The March to KandaharAfter a careful study of the life of Earl Roberts and the con¿icts through which he has passed after living with him in imagination through his lo...

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Excerpt from The War Chief of the Ottawas: A Chronicle of the Pontiac WarHeavy price. French and the Indians, save for one ep-tion, had been on terms of amity from he beginning. The reason for this was that he French had treated the Indians with tudied kindness. The one exception was Iroquois League or Six Nations. Cham in the first years Of his residence at c, had joined the Algonquins and in an attack on them', which they ver forgot, and, in...

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Two accounts of Pontiac of the Ottawa This book contains two accounts of Pontiac, the great Ottawa chief of the eighteenth century American colonial period. After the end of the French and Indian War there was, irrespective of the treaties made, no peace on the frontiers of the New World. The indigenous Indian tribes-broadly the Huron and Iroquois-had made their allegiances with the British or the French according to their loyalties and those...

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. W...

Two accounts of Pontiac of the Ottawa This book contains two accounts of Pontiac, the great Ottawa chief of the eighteenth century American colonial period. After the end of the French and Indian War there was, irrespective of the treaties made, no peace on the frontiers of the New World. The indigenous Indian tribes-broadly the Huron and Iroquois-had made their allegiances with the British or the French according to their loyalties and those...

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This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from...

Excerpt from Earl Roberts, V. C., Lord Kitchener and the Great Boer War: Early Life of a Great Soldier, Experiences in Indian Mutiny, The Umbeyla Expedition, The Abyssinian Expedition, Into the Land of Lushais, Leading the Kuram Field Force to Victory, Fighting His Way to Kabul, The March to Kandahar After a careful study of the life of Earl Roberts and the con¿icts through which he has passed after living with him in imagination through his ...

Excerpt from English-Canadian Literature AS Canada a voice of her own in literature distinct H from that of England P This question has attracted a good deal of attention in Canada and has been the subject of numerous discussions in home magazines and reviews. In Great Britain, however, the critical periodicals apparently have not yet recognized a purely Canadian1 literature. While these periodicals have frequently reviewed the literatures of...

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