How they lived

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When men panned gold in the Klondike

A description of the way of life of the Klondike gold seekers, including their hardships, mining methods, successes, and failures.

The brave balloonists: America's first airmen

1974
A brief history of balloon flights in the United States from the late eighteenth century until the flight of the first airplane in 1903.

When Chicago was young

1971
An account of the rugged and energetic days of early Chicago from its beginnings as the settlement of Chickagou to the Great Fire.

Flatboat days on frontier rivers

Recreates a long outmoded way of life whose participants played an important part in the settlement, trade, and development of America's frontier. Describes what the flatboatmen wore, how they celebrated, and how they passed their days on the river.

The Pilgrims, brave settlers of Plymouth

Describes the first years of the Pilgrims of Plymouth colony, showing how their thrift and industry subdued a wilderness and established a new nation. Based on the journal of Governor William Bradford.

New Amsterdam; old Holland in the New World

A portrait of the prosperous Dutch settlement established by the Dutch West Indies Company on the southern end of Manhattan Island, describing family life, customs, industry and trade, and dangers and hardships.

The Pilgrims, brave settlers of Plymouth

Describes the first years of the Pilgrims of Plymouth colony, showing how their thrift and industry subdued a wilderness and established a new nation. Based on the journal of Governor William Bradford.

New Amsterdam; old Holland in the New World

A portrait of the prosperous Dutch settlement established by the Dutch West Indies Company on the southern end of Manhattan Island, describing family life, customs, industry and trade, and dangers and hardships.

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