Beginning with the Age of Discovery, these adventures of explorers, pioneers, inventors, and others, whose deeds of valor won a continent, cover a period of 250 years. Written especially for use as a supplementary reader in the fourth and fifth grades, it will awaken in young readers a pride in their heritage. Originally published in 1935.

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