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Preface to the Second Edition by Jared Aragona
Introduction to Native American Accounts by Jennifer Kurtz and Wendy Kurant
Origin of Folk Stories (Seneca)
The Story of the Emergence (Navajo)
***The Story of the Emergence (Endnotes)
A Tale from Skyworld (Seneca)
Prayers to the Ancients (Zuni)
Red Woman and the Tale of Two Boys (Crow)
Caught by a Hairstring (Micmac)
Introduction to Viking Sagas by Arthur Middleton Reeves
A Brief History of Eric the Red (c. 1387)
A Brief History of the Greenlanders (c.1387)
Introduction to Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
The Relation of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Proem (1542)
from The Relation..., from Chapter VII: The Character of the Country (1542)
from The Relation... from Chapter VIII, We Go From Aute (1542)
from The Relation... from Chapter X, The Assault from the Indians (1542)
from The Relation..., from Chapter XII, The Indians Bring Us Food
1. from The Relation..., from from Chapter XV, What Befel Us Among the People of Malhado (1542)
from The Relation... Chapter XVI, The Christians Leave the Island of Malhado (1542)
from The Relation... Chapter XX, Of Our Escape (1542)
from The Relation... Chapter XXI, Our Cure of Some of the Afflicted (1542)
from The Relation..., from Chapter XXIV, Customs of the Indians of the Country (1542)
from The Relation..., from Chapter XXXII, The Indians Give Us the Hearts of Deer (1542)
from The Relation, from Chapter XXXIV, Of Sending for the Christians (1542)
Introduction to Pedro de Castaneda by Various Authors
from The Journey of Coronado, Chapter XVIII, Of how the general managed to leave the country in peace so as to go in search of Quivira, where the Turk said there was the most wealth. (1596)
from The Journey of Coronado, Chapter XIX, Of how they started in search of Quivira and of what happened on the way. (1596)
from The Journey of Coronado, Chapter XX, Of how great stones fell in the camp, and how they discovered another ravine, where the army was divided into two parts. (1596)
from The Journey of Coronado, Chapter XXI, Of how the army returned to Tiguex and the general reached Quivira. (1596)
from The Journey of Coronado, Chapter XXII, Of how the general returned from Quivira and of other expeditions toward the North. (1596)
Introduction to John Smith by Wendy Kurant
From The General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles (1624), from The Second Book
From The General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles (1624), from The Third Book
From A Description of New England (1616)
Introduction to William Bradford by Lily Boatman
From Of Plimouth Plantation (1630-1650), From BOOK ONE, CHAPTER 1
From Of Plimouth Plantation (1630-1650), From BOOK ONE, CHAPTER 4 (Showing the Reasons and Causes of their Removal)
From Of Plimouth Plantation (1630-1650), From BOOK ONE, CHAPTER 7 (Of Their Departure From Leyden, And Other Things Thereabout, With the Arrival in Southampton, Where They All Met Together, And Took In Their Provision)
From Of Plimouth Plantation (1630-1650), From BOOK ONE, CHAPTER 9 (Of Their Voyage, And How They Passed The Sea, And Of Their Safe Arrival At Cape Cod)
From Of Plimouth Plantation (1630-1650), From BOOK ONE, CHAPTER 10 (Showing How They Sought Out a Place of Habitation, And What Befell Them Thereabout)
From Of Plimouth Plantation (1630-1650), From BOOK TWO, CHAPTER 11 (The Remainder of Anno 1620)
From Of Plimouth Plantation (1630-1650), From BOOK TWO, CHAPTER 12 (1621 - The First Thanksgiving)
From Of Plimouth Plantation (1630-1650), From BOOK TWO, CHAPTER 19 (1628 - Merrymount)
From Of Plimouth Plantation (1630-1650), From BOOK TWO, CHAPTER 23 (1632 - Prosperity Leads to Weakness)
From Of Plimouth Plantation (1630-1650), From BOOK TWO, CHAPTER 25 (1634 - Problems Westward)
From Of Plimouth Plantation (1630-1650), From BOOK TWO, CHAPTER 27 (1636 - Tensions with the Pequots)
From Of Plimouth Plantation (1630-1650), From BOOK TWO, CHAPTER 28 (1634 - The Pequot War)
From Of Plimouth Plantation (1630-1650), From BOOK TWO, CHAPTER 32 (1642 - Trouble with the Next Generation)
From Of Plimouth Plantation (1630-1650), From BOOK TWO, CHAPTER 34 (1644 - Considering a Move to Nauset)
Introduction to John Winthrop by Wendy Kurant
A Model of Christian Charity (1630)
Introduction to Anne Bradstreet by McKenna Sheehy
In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet, Who Deceased August, 1665 Being a Year and a Half Old (1665)
In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Anne Bradstreet, Who Deceased June 20, 1669, Being Three Years and Seven Months Old (1678)
On My Dear Grandchild Simon Bradstreet, Who Died on 16 November, 1669, Being But a Month, and One Day Old (1678)
Introduction to Don Antonio de Otormin by Various Authors
Letter on the Pueblo Revolt (1680)
Introduction to Sarah Whipple Goodhue by Various Authors
The Copy of a Valedictory and Monitory Writing (1681)
Introduction to Mary Rowlandson by Svetlana Antropova
A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (1682)
Introduction to Cotton Mather by Various Authors
The Trial of Martha Carrier at the Court of Oyer and Terminet, Held by Adjournment at Salem, August 2, 1692
A Notable Exploit; Dux Faemina Facti (1697)
Introduction to Sarah Kemble Knight by Brenna Boschetto
From The Private Journal of a Journey from Boston to New York (1704-1705)
Introduction to Jonathan Edwards by Abigail Thornton
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (1741)
Introduction to Mary Jemison by Various Authors
A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison (1823) regarding 1755-1823
Introduction to Pontiac by Samantha Zivic
Speech at Detroit (c. 1763)
Introduction to Samson Occom by Elizabeth Johnson
From A Short Narrative of My Life (1768)
Introduction to Phillis Wheatley by Wendy Kurant
On being brought from Africa to America (1773)
To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth, His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for North-America, &c. (1773)
To S. M. a young African Painter, on seeing his Works (1773)
To His Excellency, General Washington (1775)
Introduction to Mercy Otis Warren by Various Authors
"A Political Reverie" (1774)
The Squabble of the Sea Nymphs, or the Sacrifice of the Tuscaroroes (1774)
Introduction to Anna Young Smith by Various Authors
An Elegy to the Memory of the American Volunteers Who Fell in the Engagement between the Massachusetts-Bay Militia, and the British Troops, April 19, 1775
Introduction to Thomas Paine by Various Authors
From Common Sense (1776)
Introduction to Thomas Jefferson by Various Authors
Draft of The Declaration of Independence (1776)
Introduction to John and Abigail Adams by Colleen Vorst
Abigail Adams to John Adams, Braintree August 19 1774
John Adams to Abigail Adams, Phyladelphia Septr. 16, 1774
John Adams to Abigail Adams, July 23 1775
John Adams to Abigail Adams, Octr. 29, 1775
Abigail Adams to John Adams, November 27 1775
John Adams to Abigail Adams, Philadelphia July 3. 1776
Abigail Adams to John Adams, Boston, July 13-14, 1776
John Adams to Abigail Adams, Philadelphia July 20. 1776
Abigail Adams to John Adams, July 21-22, 1776 Boston
Introduction to Lemuel Haynes by Various Authors
Liberty Further Extended (1776)
Introduction to Benjamin Franklin by Adriana Geraldo
“The Way to Wealth”: Preface to Poor Richard Improved (1758)
“Information to Those Who Would Remove to America” (1782)
Introduction to Jupiter Hammon by Various Authors
An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatly (1778)
An Address to the Negroes in the State of New-York (1806)
Introduction to J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur by Wendy Kurant
From Letters from an American Farmer (1782), From “Letter III: What is an American”
From Letters from an American Farmer (1782), Letter IX: Description of Charles-Town; Thoughts on Slavery; on Physical Evil; A Meloncholy Scene
From Letters from an American Farmer (1782), Letter XII: Distresses of a Frontier Man
Introduction to Francisco Palóu by Various Authors
from Life of Junipero Serra (1787), CHAPTER XIV, Preparations for the Land Expedition. The Departure of the Venerable Father from Loreto and His Arrival Among the Pagans. The Beginning of the First Mission.
from Life of Junipero Serra (1787), CHAPTER XV, The Venerable Father Founds the First Mission Which He Dedicates to San Fernando and then Leaves with the Expedition for the Port of San Diego.
from Life of Junipero Serra (1787), CHAPTER XVII, The Founding of the Second Mission [the First in Alta or Nueva California], That of San Diego, and What Happened in It.
Introduction to Olaudah Equiano by Wendy Kurant
From The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavas Vassa, the African, Written by Himself (1789), From Chapter I
From The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavas Vassa, the African, Written by Himself (1789), From Chapter II
From The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavas Vassa, the African, Written by Himself (1789), From Chapter III
From The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavas Vassa, the African, Written by Himself (1789), From Chapter IV
From The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavas Vassa, the African, Written by Himself (1789), From Chapter V
From The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavas Vassa, the African, Written by Himself (1789), From Chapter VI
From The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavas Vassa, the African, Written by Himself (1789), From Chapter VII
Introduction to Hendrick Aupaumut by Various Authors
A Short Narration of My Last Journey to the Western Contry (1794)
Introduction to Washington Irving by David Campbell
Rip Van Winkle (1819) from The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820) from The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon
Introduction to James Fenimore Cooper by Noah Long
From The Pioneers (1823), Chapter 21
From The Pioneers (1823), Chapter 22
From Last of the Mohicans (1826), Chapter 3
Introduction to James M. Nack by Various Authors
A Father's Name, A Monody (1827)
The Blue Ey'd Maid, To Mary (1827)
The Dream of Bliss (1827)
Life and Death (1827)
Ode to the New Year, 1826 (1827)
Introduction to William Apess by Wendy Kurant
An Indian’s Looking-Glass for the White Man (1833)
Introduction to Caroline Kirkland by Various Authors
from A New Home--Who'll Follow? or, Glimpses of Western Life (1839) -- Prefaces
from A New Home--Who'll Follow? or, Glimpses of Western Life (1839) -- Chapter I
from A New Home--Who'll Follow? or, Glimpses of Western Life (1839) -- Chapter III
from A New Home--Who'll Follow? or, Glimpses of Western Life (1839) -- Chapter XV
from A New Home--Who'll Follow? or, Glimpses of Western Life (1839) -- Chapter XVII
from A New Home--Who'll Follow? or, Glimpses of Western Life (1839) -- Chapter XXVII
from A New Home--Who'll Follow? or, Glimpses of Western Life (1839) -- Chapter XLIII
from A New Home--Who'll Follow? or, Glimpses of Western Life (1839) -- Chapter XLVII
Introduction to Ralph Waldo Emerson by Samantha Zivic
Nature (1836)
The American Scholar (1838)
Self-Reliance (1847)
Introduction to Margaret Fuller by Various Authors
Woman in the Nineteenth Century (1843)
Introduction to Frederick Douglass by Various Authors
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, American Slave (1845), Preface by William Lloyd Garrison
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, American Slave (1845), Letter by Wendell Phillips, Esq.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, American Slave (1845), Chapter 1
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, American Slave (1845), Chapter II
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, American Slave (1845), Chapter III
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, American Slave (1845), Chapter IV
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, American Slave (1845), Chapter V
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, American Slave (1845), Chapter VI
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, American Slave (1845), Chapter VII
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, American Slave (1845), Chapter VIII:
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, American Slave (1845), Chapter IX:
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, American Slave (1845), Chapter X
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, American Slave (1845), Chapter XI
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, American Slave (1845), Appendix
“What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” (1852)
Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe by Sidney Torres Salazar
“The Black Cat” (1845)
“The Purloined Letter” (1845)
Introduction to Nathaniel Hawthorne by Svetlana Antropova
The Minister’s Black Veil (1837) from Twice-Told Tales
The May-Pole of Merry Mount (1837) from Twice-Told Tales
The Artist of the Beautiful (1844)
From The Blithedale Romance (1852), Chapter II: Blithedale
From The Blithedale Romance (1852), Chapter III: A Knot of Dreamers
From The Blithedale Romance (1852), Chapter VIII: A Modern Arcadia
From The Blithedale Romance (1852), Chapter XV: A Crisis
From The Blithedale Romance (1852), Chapter XVI: Leave-Takings
Introduction to Elizabeth Cady Stanton by National Park Service
Declaration of Sentiments (1848)
Introduction to Sojourner Truth by National Park Service
Women's Rights Convention Speech (1851)
Address to the First Annual Meeting of the American Equal Rights Association (1867)
Introduction to Harriet Beecher Stowe by Colleen Vorst
From Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), Volume 1: Chapter I: In Which the Reader is Introduced to a Man of Humanity
From Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), Chapter II: The Mother
From Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), Chapter III: The Husband and Father
From Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), Chapter VII: The Mother’s Struggle
From Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), Chapter IX: In Which it Appears that a Senator is but a Man
From Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), Chapter XII: Select Incident of Lawful Trade
From Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), Chapter XIII: The Quaker Settlement
From Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), Chapter XIV: Evangeline
From Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), Chapter XX: Topsy
From Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), Chapter XXX: The Slave Warehouse
From Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), Chapter XXXI: The Middle Passage
From Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), Chapter XXXIV: The Quadroon's Story
From Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), Chapter XL: The Martyr
Introduction to Henry David Thoreau by Wendy Kurant
From Walden; or Life in the Woods (1854), Chapter 2: Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
From Walden; or Life in the Woods (1854), Chapter 11: Higher Laws
From Walden; or Life in the Woods (1854), Chapter 17: Spring
Introduction to Herman Melville by Wendy Kurant
“Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street” (1856)
“Benito Cereno” (1855)
Introduction to Abraham Lincoln by Clayton Lamb
"A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand" (1858)
Emancipation Proclamation 93 (1862)
2. Emancipation Proclamation 95 (1863)
The Gettysburg Address -- Bliss Copy (1864)
Introduction to Walt Whitman by Amy Berke, Robert Bleil, Jordan Cofer and Doug Davis
“Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” (1856)
“When Lilacs Last in Dooryard Bloom’d” (1865)
Introduction to Harriet Ann Jacobs by Wendy Kurant
from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) -- Chapter 1: "Childhood"
from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) -- Chapter 2 "The New Master and Mistress"
from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) -- Chapter 4 "The Slave Who Dared to Feel Like a Man"
from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) -- Chapter 6 "The Jealous Mistress"
from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) -- Chapter 7 "The Lover"
from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) -- Chapter 10 "A Perilous Passage in the Slave Girl's Life"
from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) -- Chapter 16 "Scenes at the Plantation"
from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) -- Chapter 21 "The Loophole of Retreat"
from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) - Chapter 36 - "The Hairbreadth Escape"
from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) -- Chapter 40 "The Fugitive Slave Law"
from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) -- Chapter 41 "Free at Last"
Introduction to Emily Dickinson by David Campbell
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260 [288]
269 [249]
339 [241]
519 [441]
591 [465]
1263 [1129]
Introduction to Laura Bridgman by Hugh Chisolm
Holy Home (1867)
Love (1867)
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