Discovering America's Past: Customs, Legends, History & Lore of Our Great NationReader's Digest Association, 1993 - 400 ページ Featuring special sections on bizarre, delightful, and amazing aspects of our nation's unique past, these 450+ surprising but absolutely true stories examine America's history, not through its great moments, but by way of the foibles and folkways that built its character. 700 illus. and photos. |
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... never lost his love for the sound of a military band . A composer as well as a showman , he and his band for many years performed an annual concert at New York's Manhat- tan Beach . At their 1885 perfor- mance , memorialized in the ...
... never lost his love for the sound of a military band . A composer as well as a showman , he and his band for many years performed an annual concert at New York's Manhat- tan Beach . At their 1885 perfor- mance , memorialized in the ...
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... never forgot . The Wright Way to Play Relatively few schools were lucky. Kate Douglas Wiggin was one of three students to attend California's first kindergarten - teacher's train- ing course . She opened her own school the next year ...
... never forgot . The Wright Way to Play Relatively few schools were lucky. Kate Douglas Wiggin was one of three students to attend California's first kindergarten - teacher's train- ing course . She opened her own school the next year ...
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... never be so clumsy . And he never was . French stowed away on the very next train he saw and , at age 13 , signed on as a messenger with the Hannibal & St. Joe line in Missouri . That was in 1873 , and it marked the beginning of ...
... never be so clumsy . And he never was . French stowed away on the very next train he saw and , at age 13 , signed on as a messenger with the Hannibal & St. Joe line in Missouri . That was in 1873 , and it marked the beginning of ...
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