Early History From October 12 1492 To 1870 PDF Download

Award winning historical writer James A. Crutchfield chronicles obscure, yet highly important, episodes from America's past in this far-ranging volume. Arranged in chronological order by year, the vignettes portray the events that signaled change and defined our country, and they cover all aspects of our history-social life, religion, warfare, the frontier army, inventions, exploration, and more. Each episode is depicted in a brief, yet comprehensive, paragraph and is often accompanied by an illustration. Between the first entry recounting Columbus's landfall in the New World on October 12, 1492, and the last episode describing the first running of the Pony Express on April 3, 1860, are narratives of more than 450 events and 170 illustrations, all of which help the reader gain a perspective on America's storied past. The volume is literally an "almanac" of early American history.