# Historic Adventures: Tales from American History

Author: Holland, Rupert Sargent, 1878-1952

Genre: Category: History - American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42398

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Historic+Adventures%3A+Tales+from+American+History+Holland&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The valleys of Pennsylvania were dotted with log cabins in the days of the French and Indian wars. Sometimes a number of the little houses stood close together for protection, but often they were built far apart. Wherever the pioneer saw good farm land he settled. It was a new sensation for men to be able to go into the country and take whatever land attracted them. Gentle rolling fields, with wide views of distant country through the notches of the hills, shining rivers, splendid uncut forests, and rich pasturage were to be found not far from the growing village of Philadelphia, and were free to any who wished to take them. Such a land would have been a paradise, but for one shadow that...

## Chapters

- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historic-adventures-tales-from-american-history-42398/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historic-adventures-tales-from-american-history-42398/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historic-adventures-tales-from-american-history-42398/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historic-adventures-tales-from-american-history-42398/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historic-adventures-tales-from-american-history-42398/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historic-adventures-tales-from-american-history-42398/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historic-adventures-tales-from-american-history-42398/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historic-adventures-tales-from-american-history-42398/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historic-adventures-tales-from-american-history-42398/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historic-adventures-tales-from-american-history-42398/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historic-adventures-tales-from-american-history-42398/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historic-adventures-tales-from-american-history-42398/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historic-adventures-tales-from-american-history-42398/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historic-adventures-tales-from-american-history-42398/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historic-adventures-tales-from-american-history-42398/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historic-adventures-tales-from-american-history-42398/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historic-adventures-tales-from-american-history-42398/chapters/17/index.md)