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The comic history of the United States, from a period prior to the discovery of America to times long subsequent to the presentSherwood, John D.

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The comic history of the United States, from a period prior to the discovery of America to times long subsequent to the present

Name: The comic history of the United States, from a period prior to the discovery of America to times long subsequent to the present
Author: Sherwood, John D.

Sherwood, John D.

United States -- History -- Humor

THE ROMANCE OF INDIAN WARFARE                                       407

 ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY                           421

 THE PROGRESS OF FASHION                                             432

 A MORMON FAMILY OUT FOR A WALK                                      451

 THE SKEDADDLE OF JOHN B. FLOYD                                      461

 AN INTELLIGENT JURY                                                 468

 COTTON SUPREME                                                      483

 THE CORONER’S INQUEST                                               500

 COTTON DOWN                                                         512

 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN A. D. 1900                                   520

 THE IRISH REPUBLIC IN AMERICA                                       529

 GETTING MUDD OUT OF THE DRY TORTUGAS                                533

 SCHOOL-TEACHING FROM 1869 ONWARDS                                   542

 THE AMERICAN LAOCOÖN                                                547

 THE END                                                             549

                               CONTENTS.

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                               PREFATORY.

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        TREATING THE READER TO AN ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR, AND OF
          THE PLAN, OBJECT, AND PRINCIPLES OF THIS HISTORY            41

        The Author, proposing to be intimate with the Reader,
          deems an Introduction desirable.—Born Early and
          Poor.—How the Two Facts were managed and
          overcome.—School Days and Nights.—College Lines, crooked
          and straight.—Father’s Face against his.—A New American
          Decalogue.—Into the Married and other States and
          Territories.—Settling down.—Advantages of a Sub-urban
          Residence.—Outside and Inside Views of the Author’s
          Head.—Plans and Purposes of the Work.—Laughing
          Facts.—Roman Precedents.—Impartiality holding the Shears
          and Tape.—Sources of our Information.—Acknowledgments to
          Smith and Brown.—Our Illustrations.

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                              BOOK FIRST.

                              DISCOVERIES.

                           B. C. TO 1607 A. D.

 CHAP.

 I.     OF AMERICA BEFORE ITS DISCOVERY IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
          B. C. TO 1000 A. D.                                         55

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