Junior High School Literature, Book One

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Author

Keck, Christine M.

Title

Junior High School Literature, Book 1

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

American literature

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54825

Release Date

June 1, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL LITERATURE BOOK ONE
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. 4.THE THREE JOYS OF READING
5. 5.PART I STORIES AND POEMS OF NATURE — ANIMALS — THE BUFFALO — OLD EPHRAIM, THE GRIZZLY BEAR — MOTI GUJ—MUTINEER — THE ELEPHANTS THAT STRUCK — BIRDS — ROBERT OF LINCOLN — THE MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT — THE BELFRY PIGEON — THE SANDPIPER — THE THROSTLE — TO THE CUCKOO — THE BIRDS’ ORCHESTRA — FLOWERS AND TREES — TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN — VIOLET! SWEET VIOLET! — TO THE DANDELION — THE DAFFODILS — THE TRAILING ARBUTUS — TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY — SWEET PEAS — CHORUS OF FLOWERS — TREES — WINTER — THE GREAT BLIZZARD — THE FROST — THE FROST SPIRIT — THE SNOW STORM — SNOWFLAKES — MIDWINTER — BLOW, BLOW, THOU WINTER WIND — WHEN ICICLES HANG BY THE WALL
6. 6.PART II ADVENTURES OLD AND NEW — ADVENTURES OLD AND NEW INTRODUCTION — THE DAYS OF CHIVALRY — KING ARTHUR STORIES — NARRATIVES IN VERSE — SIR PATRICK SPENS — THE SKELETON IN ARMOR — THE THREE FISHERS — LORD ULLIN’S DAUGHTER — THE PIPES AT LUCKNOW — SPANISH WATERS — KILMENY ( A Song of the Trawlers ) — THE GUARDS CAME THROUGH — STORIES OF THE SEA — A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM — THE WRECK OF THE GOLDEN MARY — TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE — AS YOU LIKE IT — THE TEMPEST
7. 7.PART III IDEALS AND HEROES OF FREEDOM — IDEALS AND HEROES OF FREEDOM INTRODUCTION — SCOTLAND’S STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE — TALES OF A GRANDFATHER — THE PARTING OF MARMION AND DOUGLAS — BANNOCKBURN — ENGLAND AND FREEDOM — THE LAST FIGHT OF THE REVENGE — YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND — ENGLAND AND AMERICA NATURAL ALLIES — ENGLAND AND AMERICA IN 1782 — ENGLAND TO FREE MEN — “MEN WHO MARCH AWAY” (Song of the Soldiers) — EARLY AMERICAN SPIRIT OF FREEDOM — GRANDFATHER’S CHAIR — THE GRAY CHAMPION — WARREN’S ADDRESS AT THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL — LIBERTY OR DEATH — GEORGE WASHINGTON TO HIS WIFE — GEORGE WASHINGTON TO GOVERNOR GEORGE CLINTON — SONG OF MARION’S MEN — TIMES THAT TRY MEN’S SOULS
8. 8.PART IV LITERATURE AND LIFE IN THE HOMELAND — LITERATURE AND LIFE IN THE HOMELAND INTRODUCTION — EARLY AMERICA — THE CHARACTER OF COLUMBUS — THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS — PHILIP OF POKANOKET AN INDIAN MEMOIR — THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH — AMERICAN SCENES AND LEGENDS — MY VISIT TO NIAGARA — FROM MORN TILL NIGHT ON A FLORIDA RIVER — I SIGH FOR THE LAND OF THE CYPRESS AND PINE — THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW — THE GREAT STONE FACE — AMERICAN LITERATURE OF LIGHTER VEIN — THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG — THE HEIGHT OF THE RIDICULOUS — THE GIFT OF THE MAGI — WOUTER VAN TWILLER — AMERICAN WORKERS AND THEIR WORK — MAKERS OF THE FLAG — I HEAR AMERICA SINGING — PIONEERS! O PIONEERS! — THE BEANFIELD — THE SHIP-BUILDERS — THE BUILDERS — LOVE OF COUNTRY — THE FLOWER OF LIBERTY — OLD IRONSIDES — THE AMERICAN FLAG — THE AMERICAN FLAG — THE FLAG GOES BY — THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER — CITIZENSHIP — THE CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON — THE TWENTY-SECOND OF FEBRUARY — ABRAHAM LINCOLN — O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! — IN FLANDERS FIELDS — AMERICA’S ANSWER
9. 9.GLOSSARY

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