Publisher's Synopsis
1909. Complete in Thirteen Volumes. An authentic history of America from the discovery to the present day profusely illustrated with portraits of historical characters and views of the sacred and memorable places of our native land edited by the noted American poet, Markham. Contents: The Launching of a Man; The Little Girl with Violet Eyes; The Last of the Medicis; Across Strange Seas; Francis at Valladolid; The Road to Rome; The Gods in the Garden; Rene Laudonniere; The Cunning of the Serpent; On the Spanish Main; The Taking of the Galleon; The Wages of Sin; What the Sun Turned to Flame; The Shadow on the World; The Shipwreck; Not Unto Frenchmen; The Fall of the Greatest; In the Forest; Arcady; The Jail at San Mateo; The Waiting of Elise; The Vengeance of De Gourgues; and The End. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
