My Native Land
by James Cox
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About this eBook
- Author
- Cox, James, 1851-1901
- Title
- My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young
- Credits
- Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Keren Vergon, Julie Barkley and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E151: History: America: United States
- Subject
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-1918
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 10857
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10857
- Release Date
- January 1, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.MY NATIVE LAND. — JAMES COX, — Statue to Minute Man
- 2.CONTENTS — CHAPTER I. — OUR NATION'S BIRTH. — CHAPTER II. — THE WITCH OF SALEM. — CHAPTER III. — IN PICTURESQUE NEW YORK. — CHAPTER IV. — IN THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY. — CHAPTER V. — THE MORMONS AND THEIR WIVES. — CHAPTER VI. — THE INVASION OF OKLAHOMA. — CHAPTER VII. — COWBOYS--REAL AND IDEAL. — CHAPTER VIII. — WARDS OF OUR NATIVE LAND. — CHAPTER IX. — CIVILIZATION--ACTUAL AND ALLEGED. — CHAPTER X. — OLD TIME COMMUNISTS. — CHAPTER XI. — HOW CUSTER LIVED AND DIED. — CHAPTER XII. — AMONG THE CREOLES. — CHAPTER XIII. — THE HEATHEN CHINEE IN HIS ELEMENT. — CHAPTER XIV. — BEFORE EMANCIPATION AND AFTER. — CHAPTER XV. — OUR NATIONAL PARK. — CHAPTER XVI. — THE HEROES OF THE IRON HORSE. — CHAPTER XVII. — A RAILROAD TO THE CLOUDS. — CHAPTER XVIII. — INTO THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH. — CHAPTER XIX. — OUR GREAT WATERWAYS. — CHAPTER XX. — THROUGH THE GREAT NORTHWEST. — CHAPTER XXI. — IN THE WARM SOUTHEAST.
- 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — MY NATIVE LAND. — CHAPTER I. — OUR NATION'S BIRTH. — Interior of Independence Hall, Philadelphia — CHAPTER II. — THE WITCHES OF SALEM. — CHAPTER III. — IN PICTURESQUE NEW YORK. — A Memory of Rip Van Winkle — Tomb of General Grant, Riverside Park — CHAPTER IV. — IN THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY. — The Exact Center of the United States — CHAPTER V. — THE MORMONS AND THEIR WIVES. — Brigham Young's Grave, Salt Lake City — CHAPTER VI. — THE INVASION OF OKLAHOMA. — Chief Rain-in-the-Face and his Favorite Pony — CHAPTER VII. — COWBOYS--REAL AND IDEAL. — The Cowboy as He Is — CHAPTER VIII. — WARDS OF OUR NATIVE LAND. — Civilized Indians — CHAPTER IX. — CIVILIZATION--ACTUAL AND ALLEGED. — An Uncivilized Savage — CHAPTER X. — OLD TIME COMMUNISTS. — The Belle of the Pueblo — CHAPTER XI. — HOW CUSTER LIVED AND DIED. — Custer Battlefield and Monument — CHAPTER XII. — AMONG THE CREOLES. — The Old French Market at New Orleans — CHAPTER XIII. — THE HEATHEN CHINEE IN HIS ELEMENT. — The Prettiest Chinese Woman in America — CHAPTER XIV. — BEFORE EMANCIPATION AND AFTER. — CHAPTER XV. — OUR NATIONAL PARK. — Yellowstone Falls — In and Around Yellowstone Park — A Marvel of Magnificence — CHAPTER XVI. — THE HEROES OF THE IRON HORSE. — CHAPTER XVII. — A RAILROAD TO THE CLOUDS. — Climbing Pike's Peak by Rail — CHAPTER XVIII. — INTO THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH. — Hieroglyphic Memoirs of Past Ages — CHAPTER XIX. — OUR GREAT WATERWAYS — A Fin de Siecle Pleasure Steamer — Whaleback Steamer on the Lakes — CHAPTER XX. — THROUGH THE GREAT NORTHWEST. — Two Views of Mount Tacoma — CHAPTER XXI. — IN THE WARM SOUTHEAST. — A Restful Southern Home — An Afternoon in June — A Tropical Scene
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