I had not failed to notice the growth of the Bessemer process. If this proved successful, I knew that iron was destined to give place to steel; that
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
Great Britain and France Partition Africa Between Them
Today's installment concludes Meeting at Fashoda,our selection from The River War by Winston S. Churchill published in 1899.If you have
Life at Fashoda
All tempers were worn by fever, heat, discomfort, and monotony.Continuing Meeting at Fashoda,our selection from The River War by Winston S.
France Withdraws from Upper Nile
There is no Power in Europe which the average Englishman regards with less animosity than France.Continuing Meeting at Fashoda,our selection from
The Two Expeditions Meet
Two years had passed since they left the Atlantic coast. For four months they had been absolutely lost from human ken.Continuing Meeting at
Grand Enterprise Against New Foundland
In accepting the plan of conquest, New York completely changed front.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France in Canada
Steamboat Pilot, the Grandest Position of Them All
Today's installment concludes Mark Twain's Mississippi River,our selection from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain published in 1883.If you
The Boy’s Ambition
I now come to a phase of the Mississippi River life of the flush times of steamboating, which seems to me to warrant full examination.Continuing