Colonial Children [Hardcover]

Albert Bushnell Hart (Editor), Blanche Evans Hazard (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Source-Readers in American History | Publication Date: January 15, 2001

Jam-packed with firsthand narratives, diary entries, personal letters, and patriotic songs and poems, this book tells the story of the American founding through the eyes of children.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Gateway Editions; 1 edition (January 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895262991
• ISBN-13: 978-0895262998
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,061,614 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Must have history source!, August 17, 2001

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This review is from: Colonial Children (Hardcover)

Wow, what a find for home schooling families and history teachers!

This reprint of a 1901 source reader in American history is the first in a series of four chronological readers that provide readings by the people of that time peoiod.

In Colonial Children you will read articles by Christopher Columbus, Two Italien Gentlemen, Governor John White, Captian John Smith, Anne Bradstreet, Colonel William Byrd, John Fontaine, Cotton Mather, Govenor William Bradford, Ben Franklin and others. These prominent people have left us with their impressions of Colonial America's discovery, wilderness,the natives, its growth, its children and its schools from their own journals, books and news articles.

The book is annotated to include pertinant historical data about who the writers were or where they lived. The writings were from 1000 AD to about 1790. The series also has a book about the Revolution and the Civil war.