This Country of Ours

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This Country of Ours is by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall. Part I is Stories of Explorers and Pioneers, with twelve chapters that begin with the Vikings and Columbus and go on to the English flag, the French in Florida and Sir Walter Raleigh. Part II is Stories of Virginia, which starts with the adventures of Captain John Smith.

In one passage the ships of Columbus reach an island covered with fine trees. Columbus lands in a scarlet cloak holding the Royal Standard of Spain, kneels and kisses the ground, and the captains of the Pinta and the Nina follow with white banners. Another passage tells of La Salle, a fort called Heart-break, and a letter from Tonty saying that nearly all the men had mutinied.

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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall was a British writer who made history and literature accessible to young readers through lively narrative retellings. English Literature for Boys and Girls surveys English writing as a connected story, moving from early traditions and medieval texts toward later poets, dramatists, and novelists. A 1909 publication from T. C.