The Project Gutenberg EBook of History of the United Statesby Charles A. Beard and Mary R. BeardThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: History of the United StatesAuthor: Charles A. Beard and Mary R. BeardRelease Date: October 28, 2005 [EBook #16960]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES ***Produced by Curtis Weyant, M and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.netHISTORYOF THEUNITED STATESBYCHARLES A. BEARDANDMARY R. BEARDNew YorkTHE MACMILLAN COMPANY1921_All rights reserved_COPYRIGHT, 1921,BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.Set up and electrotyped. Published March, 1921.Norwood PressJ.S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co.NORWOOD, MASS., U.S.A.PREFACEAs things now stand, the course of instruction in American history inour public schools embraces three distinct treatments of the subject.Three separate books are used. First, there is the primary book, whichis usually a very condensed narrative with emphasis on biographies andanecdotes. Second, there is the advanced text for the seventh or eighthgrade, generally speaking, an expansion of the elementary book by theaddition of forty or fifty thousand words. Finally, there is the ...
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