The dawn of American history in Europe (1912) (14577713599)

Identifier: dawnofamericanhi00nida (find matches)
Title: The dawn of American history in Europe
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Nida, William Lewis
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Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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Cloth. i2mo. 6o cents, net A volume that we have examined with close attention and cancommend with confidence. In about four hundred pages of text, itfinds room for something like one hundred and fifty examples of theoriginal material of our history, from the voyages of Columbus to theSpanish-American War. The selections are judiciously made, edited,and annotated; the introductory chapters for teachers are of the mosthelpful sort; and the book is sold at so low a price that no secondaryschool in which American history is taught can find a reasonable excusefor not employing it as an adjunct to the regular manual. — The Dial THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 64-66 FIFTH AVF.NUE, NEW YORKBOSTON CHICAQO SAN FRANCISCO ATLANTA
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\>s J^ 0 THE DAWN OF AMERICAN HISTORY I N EUROPE BY WILLIAM LEWIS NIDA, Ph.B. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, RIVER FOREST, ILLINOIS AUTHOR OF THE STORY OF ILLINOIS AND ITS PEOPLE,AND AB, THE CAVE MAN Wcto gork THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1912 ^It rights reserved ■/V6(i Copyright, igiz,By the MACMILLAN COMPANY Set up and electrotyped. Published October, 1912. Nortoool) JPksb J. S Gushing Co. — Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. ©CI.A3281o71. PREFACE Eight years ago the author began giving to the pupilsunder his supervision the benefit of a European histori-cal background before introducing them to their textsin American History. That the wider historical horizongreatly strengthened their later grasp of the history of ourown country has been both evident and gratifying. The available texts having been found unsatisfactoryin many ways, the author resolved to try his hand, andhad covered a part of the ground before the Report of theCommittee of Eight of the American Historical Adawnofamericanhi00nida