Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Series: The This Country of Ours Series
Narrator: David Thorn, Bobbie Frohman
Unabridged: 2 hr 22 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway
Published: 01/01/2004
Genre: Children & Young Adults Nonfiction - History - United States
This Series, in seven parts, tells the story of America from the earliest founding through the days of Woodrow Wilson and The Great War (World War I). In Part 4, you'll hear stories of the Middle and Southern Colonies.1. The Founding of Maryland2. How New Amsterdam Became New York3. How a German Ruled New York4. Pirates!5. The Founding of New Jersey6. The Founding of Pennsylvania7. How Benjamin Franklin Came to Philadelphia8. The Founding of North and South Carolina9. War with the Indians in North and South Carolina10. The Founding of Georgia
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