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Samuel Griswold Goodrich was born on the 19th of August 1793 at Ridgefield, Connecticut. He was the son of a Congregational minister.
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Originally published in 1843 as a portion of the authors larger Lives of Celebrated American Indians, this Kindle edition, equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 20 pages, describes the life of the Pocahontas (daughter of Powhatan, an Algonquian chief in Virginia), who rescued Jamestown founder John Smith from death at the hands of her father. Sample passage: Smith was seized by as many of the Indians as could lay hands on him, dragged forward, and his head laid on the stones. A heavy club was then produced, and laid before Powhatan, for whom was reserved the honor of beating out the brains of the victim. The grimly painted warriors looked on in silence, with sensations of awe at the spectacle. A dreaded and formidable enemy was to be sacrificed for their safety; but in their most savage mood, they were not insensible to the emotion of pity for the hard fate of a foe, whose bravery they could not but admire. And now comes a scene which has never failed to touch the heart and excite the interest of the readerand one which has few parallels in history. The fatal club was uplifted; one instant more and the wretched victim had been struck dead, when Pocahontas, the young, amiable and beauteous daughter of the emperor, uttered a scream of terror and agony, which arrested the blow. With disheveled hair and eyes streaming with tears, she threw herself upon the body of Smith, clasped his head in her arms, and, by the most imploring looks, directed towards her father, solicited the life of the captive. The royal executioner suspended his blow in amazement, and looked round upon his warriors. Either a respect for the gallant prisoner, or admiration of the noble behavior of his fair friend, had moved their hearts. Powhatan read in their looks a sentiment of mercy, and spared the life of the doomed victim. Such is the narrative of the most striking and dramatic incident in the whole history of the North American Indians. About the author: Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860) was an American author better known by his penname, Peter Parley. Other works include Peter Parleys Tales About America and Australia, Peter Parleys Book of Fables, and Peter Parleys Tales About Great Britain.
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Originally published in 1843 in the authors larger Lives of Celebrated American Indians, this Kindle edition, equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 20 pages, describes the life of Shawnee Indian chief Tecumseh, who planned to organize a military confederacy of tribes to resist U.S. encroachment. Sample passage: The interpreter, who translated this reply into the Shawanese, had not quite finished, when Tecumseh interrupted him with the exclamation, It is all false. At the same time, giving a signal to his men, they grasped their tomahawks and war clubs, and sprang up from the grass on which they had been sitting. Harrison leaped from his seat and drew his sword. He was for some minutes in imminent danger; his immediate attendants were all unarmed, and the only guard in the neighborhood consisted of a sergeant and twelve men. He maintained, however, the utmost coolness, and ordered the guard to advance. Both parties now faced each other with the most menacing aspect; tomahawks were raised, swords unsheathed, and pistols cocked. The firm countenance of the governor intimidated the savages, and they thought it prudent not to strike. After a short suspense, he broke silence, and told Tecumseh that he was a bad man, and he would have nothing more to do with him. He therefore ordered him to retire immediately to his camp and return home. Thus ended the conference. The parties separated, and the militia of the neighborhood were ordered into the town during the night, to defend the inhabitants from the attack which was expected. About the author: Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860) was an American author better known by his penname, Peter Parley. Other works include Peter Parleys Tales About America and Australia, Peter Parleys Book of Fables, and Peter Parleys Tales About Great Britain.
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Published in 1841, 200 pages. Detailed account of Alexander Selkirk's time spent on the island of Juan Fernandez. This is the story that De Foe based Robinson Crusoe on. The last 60 pages are devoted to the life of De Foe and examples from Robinson Crusoe. This book for the Kindle includes 8 pages of illustrations, which are available for viewing at www.digitaltextpublishing.com Contents: CHAPTER I. Selkirk's birth. His parentage. Choice of his business. His father's views. His temperament, a quarrel, the punishment, His humiliation. He resolves to go to sea. CHAPTER II. Selkirk sails. His reflections. Sea-sickness. A hail storm. His dream. His resolution. Plans for the future. Another voyage. He goes out sailing-master. CHAPTER III. The Cinque Ports on a cruise. Death of the captain. His successor. Selkirk's dislike to him. Men left on an island. Two captains disagree. Second visit to Juan Fernandez. Selkirk is left there. Reflections. CHAPTER IV. Selkirk's feelings. Discovery of the island. The Buccaniers. Story of Robert Kidd. The first night on the island. The animals. The vegetables. Other remarks on the island. The few first days. A boiled dish. CHAPTER V. He builds two houses. The goats and birds. His furniture. Makes a cup. Is troubled with rats; tames wild cats to get rid of them. CHAPTER VI. The cats. A fight. Sea lions. Attack on Commodore Byron. Taming the kid. Milking goats. Catching wild ones Shoes wear out. CHAPTER VII. A needle invented. Mending and making garments. A resting place. Meditations. He makes a knife. Spaniards land and pursue him. His escape. Their departure. A way to get fire. He finds plums. Makes a basket. CHAPTER VIII. An accident. His sufferings. Need of a companion He sees ships. The people land. He goes on board. Farewell to the island. Return home. Conclusion. LIFE OF DE FOE.
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Excerpt from Robert Merry's Museum, 1850, Vol. 19 I know nothing that gives me more pleasure than to watch these birds feed ing their young. 'if by chance you get near their nest, they suffer you to look at them, but keep their little black eyes upon you as if they would read your counts nance, and discover whether you are friendly or inimical to them. The young open their wide mouths, devouring the worms and insects with great avidity. The parent birds look at them with de light, apparently charmed at their hearty appetites, and never murmuring at the quantity they are obliged to provide for them. When the young begin to ?y, the old birds are in a perfect state of ecstasy, and ?utter about and sing to express their approbation. If the young hesitate, and seem to fear to launch forth upon their wings, the old birds set the example by little ?ights, urging their children to imitate them. It was always a wonder to me to see boys robbing birds' nests. It cannot give them any real pleasure, and even if it did, the agony of the parent birds should be a great alloy. The schoolboy, prob ably, never thinks how dreadfully his par ents would feel if he were stolen away. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Samuel Griswold Goodrich was born on the 19th of August 1793 at Ridgefield, Connecticut. He was the son of a Congregational minister.
He was largely self-educated.
He became an assistant in a country store at Danbury, Connecticut, in 1808, and at Hartford, Connecticut, in 1811, and from 1816 to 1822 was a bookseller and publisher at Hartford. He visited Europe in 1823-1824, and in 1826 removed to Boston, where he continued in the publishing business, and from 1828 to 1842 he published an illustrated annual, the Token, to which he was a frequent contributor both in prose and verse. A selection from these contributions was published in 1841 under the title Sketches from a Student's Window. The Token also contained some of the earliest work of Nathaniel Hawthorne, N. P. Willis, Henry W. Longfellow and Lydia Maria Child. In 1841 he established Merry's Museum. In 1827 he began, under the name of "Peter Parley, " his series of books for the young, which embraced geography, biography, history, science and miscellaneous tales. Of these he was the sole author of only a few, but in 1857 he wrote that he was "the author and editor of about 170 volumes, " and that about seven millions had been sold. In 1857 he published Recollections of a Lifetime, which contains a list both of the works of which he was the author or editor and of the spurious works published under his name. By his writings and publications he amassed a large fortune. He was chosen a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1836, and of the state Senate in 1837, his competitor in the last election being Alexander H. Everett, and in 1851-1853 he was consul at Paris, where he remained till 1855, taking advantage of his stay to have several of his works translated into French. After his return to America, he published, in 1859, Illustrated History of the Animal Kingdom.
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