Archives for March 2022

Up the Main Route to Canada

Great was the alarm in Canada when it became known that the enemy aimed at nothing less than the conquest of the colony.Our special project

This series has five easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: The Lucy Furnace.IntroductionSteel became the principal material of the

IntroductionWhat was it like to be a child in school in colonial days? This story (The Old Fashion School) by one of America’s greatest writers

Today's installment concludes Meeting at Fashoda,our selection from The River War by Winston S. Churchill published in 1899.If you have

All tempers were worn by fever, heat, discomfort, and monotony.Continuing Meeting at Fashoda,our selection from The River War by Winston S.

There is no Power in Europe which the average Englishman regards with less animosity than France.Continuing Meeting at Fashoda,our selection from

Two years had passed since they left the Atlantic coast. For four months they had been absolutely lost from human ken.Continuing Meeting at

In accepting the plan of conquest, New York completely changed front.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France in Canada

This series has five easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: IntroductoryReflections.IntroductionThe scramble of the nations of