Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Jamestown, New World adventure Jamestown, New World adventure James E. Knight Two English children are told the story of their grandfather's experiences as one of the original Jamestown colonists of 1607. OL6090340W
Seventh and Walnut Seventh and Walnut James E. Knight A night watchman who is also the town crier in colonial Philadelphia talks about the daily life in the city, its leading citizens, and important landmarks as he shows a visitor to Chestnut Street. OL6090342W
Boston Tea Party Boston Tea Party James E. Knight A Boston merchant describes the American colonists' act of protest against British taxation and the tea monopoly of the East India Company. OL6090344W
Salem Days Salem Days James E. Knight,David Wenzel,Knight. A young farm boy running away to sea in 1774 explores the Salem harbor while waiting for his ship to sail. OL6090345W
The Village The Village James E. Knight Describes the lives and occupations of the inhabitants of an early eighteenth-century New Jersey farming village. OL6090346W
The Farm The Farm James E. Knight An indentured servant looks back on his five years of service on the farm of a Pennsylvania German family in the 1760's. OL6090347W