Red Eric -- The discovery of the Indies; Christopher Columbus -- The destruction of Tenochtitlan; Cortez and Montezuma -- The fountain of eternal youth; Juan Ponce de Leon -- De Soto and the new world -- Sir Walter Raleigh -- Voyage of the "Mayflower."-- The founding of Quebec; Samuel de Champlain -- The May-pole at Merrymount; Thomas Morton -- Cotton Mather's Wonders of the invisible world: I. Enchantments encountered. II. The trial of Bridget Bishop at Salem. III. Curiosities -- Père Sebastian Rasles -- The discovery of Kentucky; Daniel Boone -- George Washington -- Poor Richard; Benjamin Franklin -- Battle between the Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis; John Paul Jones --Jacataqua -- The virtue of history; Aaron Burr -- Advent of the slaves -- Edgar Allan Poe --Abraham Lincoln
Notes
"First published in 1956 as New Directions paperbook no. 53"--Title page verso
