American Courage

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ISBN: 9780060782405 | 0060782404
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Copyright: 10/12/2009

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Told with striking eloquence, "American Courage" is the story of the United States in its citizens' own words: gripping personal accounts of frontier survival, bravery in battle, and audacious adventure from the men and women who built the nation.

Preface

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THE EARLY YEARS

1. THE PILGRIMS' FAREWELL

from William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647

(4)

2. THE DECIMATION AND SURVIVAL OF PLYMOUTH COLONY

from William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647

(3)

3. MRS. ROWLANDSON'S CAPTIVITY

from Mary Rowlandson, The Soveraignty & Goodness of God, Being a Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, 1682

(8)

4. BEN FRANKLIN-ON THE LAM AT AGE 17, HOMELESS, JOBLESS, AND NIGH PENNILESS

from Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, 1789

(10)

5. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S WINTER JOURNEY TO WARN THE FRENCH

from George Washington, The Journal of Major George Washington, 1754

(4)

6. DANIEL BOONE DISCOVERS KENTUCKY AND INCESSANT WARFARE

from Daniel Boone, "The Adventures of Daniel Boone" in The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke by John Filson, 1784

(17)

THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

7. THE BOSTON TEA PARTY

from George Hewes, eyewitness account in Yankee Life by Those Who Lived It edited by June Barrows Mussey

(5)

8. SURRENDER-"IN THE NAME OF THE GREAT JEHOVAH AND THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS"

from Ethan Allen, A Narrative of Col. Ethan Allen's Captivity, 1779

(4)

9. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE-"WE MUST ALL HANG TOGETHER, OR ASSUREDLY WE SHALL ALL HANG SEPARATELY"

from the Reverend Charles A. Goodrich, Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, 1832

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10. WASHINGTON CROSSES THE DELAWARE-"VICTORY OR DEATH"

from Henry Cabot Lodge, American Statesmen: George Washington, 1890

(6)

11. CLARK'S SECRET MARCH ON VINCENNES, 1778

from Walter Havighurst, George Rogers Clark—Soldier in the West

(11)

A NEW NATION

12. A PIONEER SETTLER'S HARDSHIPS

from Mr. Hubbell, public document, 1824

(13)

13. WILLIAM COOPER SAVES A TOWN

from William Cooper, A Guide in the Wilderness: Or the History of the First Settlement in the Western Counties of New York, 1810

(4)

14. THE HAZARDS OF FLOATING DOWN THE OHIO RIVER

from John M'Clung, Sketches of Western Adventure, Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Incidents Connected with the Settlement of the West from 1755-1794, 1832

(8)

15. AMERICAN PRIVATEER AND BRITISH MAN-OF-WAR CLASH

from A.B.C. Whipple, Tall Ships and Great Captains

106

(12)

16. DAVY CROCKETT REPORTS FROM INSIDE THE ALAMO

from Davy Crockett, Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas, 1839

118

(13)

17. SAM HOUSTON, WITH SEVEN HUNDRED HALF-FED, HALF-CLAD, HALF-ARMED MEN, DECLARES, "WE GO TO CONQUER" TEXAS!

from General Sam Houston, speech before the U.S. Senate, February 28, 1859

131

(7)

18. ANDREW JACKSON'S DUEL TO THE DEATH

from James Parton, General Jackson, 1892

138

(7)

19. FIGHTING BELLY TO BELLY WITH A GRIZZLY BEAR

from George Ruxton, Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains, 1847

145

(5)

20. ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE RIGHT UNDER THE PARSON'S NOSE

from Reverend Peter Cartwright, Autobiography of Peter Cartwright, the Backwoods Preacher, 1857

150

(4)

21. THE FORTY-NINERS: BROKEN HEARTS AND EMPTY POCKETS

from Jim Nevins, "Letter from J.M. Nevins to Russell Nevins in Wisconsin, Sacramento City, Dec. 2, 1849"

154

(5)

22. MARK TWAIN ON THE DARING OF A MISSISSIPPI PILOT

from Mark Twain, "Old Times on the Mississippi," 1875

159

(5)

23. A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY RIDES FOR THE PONY EXPRESS

from Gladys Shaw Erskine, Broncho Charlie—A Saga of the Saddle

164

(5)

THE CIVIL WAR

24. THE ESCAPE OF A FEMALE SLAVE

from Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, 1861

169

(11)

25. QUICK-WITTED MRS. FISHER SAVES HER HUSBAND FROM QUANTRILL'S RAIDERS

from Reverend H.D. Fisher, The Gun and the Gospel: Early Kansas and Chaplain Fisher, 1899

180

(14)

26. PICKETT'S CHARGE AT GETTYSBURG

from General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America, 1896

194

(7)

27. SAVING THE REGIMENTAL COLORS

from Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt, "The Flag Bearer" in Hero Tales from American History, 1901

201

(3)

28. "TELL HIM HE MUST DIE": ARMY NURSE LOUISA MAY ALCOTT COMFORTS A DYING SOLDIER

from Louisa May Alcott, Hospital Sketches and Camp and Fireside Stories, 1892

204

(11)

THE WAYS OF THE WEST

29. "PORTUGEE" PHILLIPS'S DESPERATE RIDE

from Paul I. Wellman, Death on Horseback: Seventy Years of War for the American West

215

(4)

30. DULL KNIFE'S LAST FIGHT

from Paul I. Wellman, Death on Horseback: Seventy Years of War for the American West

219

(6)

31. NIGHTTIME STAMPEDE

from Ramon F. Adams, The Old-Time Cowhand, 1961; James H. Cook, Fifty Years on the Old Frontier, 1923; and Philip Ashton Rollins, The Cowboy, 1922

225

(8)

32. DESPERADO WITH TWO COCKED, SMOKING PISTOLS THREATENS TEDDY ROOSEVELT

from Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt An Autobiography, 1913

233

(4)

33. SHOOT-OUT WITH THE MARSHAL

from Fred A. Stone, "Flowers for Charley McDaniels"

237

(8)

34. SAVED BY COWBOYS

from Philip Rollins, "A Conversation with Mr. Rollins"

245

(6)

THE AMERICAN CENTURY

35. EARTHQUAKE PULVERIZES SAN FRANCISCO; FIRES SPREAD; BANKER STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE

from Paul Rink, A.P. Giannini: Building the Bank of America

251

(10)

36. SERGEANT YORK-"THE TERMINATOR" IN WORLD WAR I

from Alvin C. York, Sergeant York: His Life Story and War Diary, 1928

261

(12)

37. FIVE AVIATORS DIE TRYING TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN-THEN CAME CHARLES LINDBERGH

from Charles A. Lindbergh, We, 1927

273

(7)

38. JIMMY DOOLITTLE'S DAYLIGHT RAID OVER TOKYO

from Carroll V. Glines, The Doolittle Raid: America's Daring First Strike Against Japan

280

(8)

39. WANTED: AN ELEGANT FEMALE SPY TO BRIBE OR SEDUCE TOP OFFICIALS AT NAZI-CONTROLLED, VICHY FRENCH EMBASSY

from H. Montgomery Hyde, Cynthia

288

(13)

40. ÉMIGRÉ PHYSICIST ENRICO FERMI TESTS THE PRECURSOR TO THE ATOMIC BOMB IN A CHICAGO SQUASH COURT

from Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb

301

(8)

41. D-DAY: WORLD WAR II

from Cornelius Ryan, The Longest Day—June 6, 1944

309

(12)

42. SNIPER FIGHT ON OKINAWA

from William Manchester, Goodbye, Darkness—A Memoir of the Pacific War

321

(7)

43. THE PERILS OF CIVIL RIGHTS FOR NINE LITTLE ROCK STUDENTS

from Henry Hampton and Steve Payer with Sarah Flynn, Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950's through the 1980's

328

(9)

44. ROY BENAVIDEZ, VIETNAM SUPERMAN

from Roy Benayidez, Medal of Honor: One Man's Journey from Poverty and Prejudice

337

(9)

45. ASTRONAUTS ROCKET TO THE MOON

from Buzz Aldrin and Malcolm McConnell, Men from Earth

346

46. SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: THE PASSENGERS COUNTERATTACK THE HIJACKERS ON UNITED FLIGHT 93

from Jere Longman, Among the Heroes: United Flight 93 and the Passengers and Crew Who Fought Back

352

(19)

Acknowledgments

371

(2)

Bibliography

373

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