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AE 1 THE NARRATIVE OF COLONEL ETHAN ALLEN. Revolutionary War
experiences of the “Hero of Fort Ticonderoga.” Introduction by
Brooke Handle.
AE 2 JOHN WOLLMAN’S JOURNAL _and_ A PLEA FOR THE POOR. The spiritual
autobiography of the great Colonial Quaker. Introduction by F.
B. Tolles.
EA 3 THE LIFE OF MRS. MARY JEMISON by James E. Seaver. The famous
Indian captivity narrative of the “White Woman of the Genesee.”
Introduction by Allen W. Trelease.
AE 4 BROOK FARM by Lindsay Swift. America’s most unusual experiment
in establishing the ideal society during the Transcendentalist
1840’s. Introduction by Joseph Schiffman.
AE 5 FOUR VOYAGES TO THE NEW WORLD by Christopher Columbus. Selected
letters and documents, translated and edited by R. H. Major.
Bi-lingual text. Introduction by John E. Fagg.
AE 6 JOURNALS OF MAJOR ROBERT ROGERS. Frontier campaigning by
Rogers’ Rangers during the French and Indian Wars. Introduction
by H. H. Peckham.
AE 7 HARRIET TUBMAN, THE MOSES OF HER PEOPLE by Sarah Bradford. The
heroic struggles of an ex-slave for her people. Introduction by
B. A. Jones.
AE 8 RECOLLECTIONS OF THE JERSEY PRISON SHIP by Albert Greene. The
“Andersonville” of the Revolutionary War. Introduction by
Lawrence H. Leder.
AE 9 A NEW ENGLAND GIRLHOOD by Lucy Larcom. A classic memoir of life
in pre-Civil War America. Introduction by Charles T. Davis.
AE 10 AMERICAN COMMUNITIES by William Alfred Hinds. The 19th century
utopias—Economy, Amana, Shakers, etc. Introduction by H. B.
Parkes.
AE 11 INTELLECTUAL ORIGINS OF AMERICAN NATIONAL THOUGHT. Edited, with
commentary, by Wilson Ober Clough. Pages from the books read by
our founding fathers. Second, revised edition.
AE 12 LEAGUE OF THE IROQUOIS by Lewis Henry Morgan. The first
scientific account of an Indian tribe by the father of American
ethnology. Illustrated. Introduction by William N. Fenton.
AE 13 MY CAPTIVITY AMONG THE SIOUX INDIANS by Fanny Kelly. A pioneer
woman’s harrowing story of frontier days. Introduction by Jules
Zanger.
AE 14 JOUTEL’S JOURNAL OF LA SALLE’S LAST VOYAGE. The exploration,
1684-7, that ended in La Salle’s murder. Introduction by
Darrett B. Rutman.
AE 15 THE DISCOVERY, SETTLEMENT AND PRESENT STATE OF KENTUCKE ... by
John Filson. The historic post-Revolutionary account, with
Daniel Boone’s memoir. Introduction by W. H. Masterson.
AE 16 LIFE AND REMARKABLE ADVENTURES OF ISRAEL R. POTTER. The
original story upon which Melville based his novel.
Introduction by L. Kriegel.
AE 17 EXCURSIONS by Henry David Thoreau. The famous first posthumous
collection; “Walking,” the Emerson biography, etc. Introduction
by L. Marx.
AE 18 FATHER HENSON’S STORY OF HIS OWN LIFE. Autobiography of an
escaped Negro slave in pre-Civil War years. Introduction by
Walter Fisher.
AE 19 MOURT’S RELATION, A JOURNAL OF THE PILGRIMS AT PLYMOUTH. The
historic contemporary account. Edited, with introduction, by D.
B. Heath.
AE 20 MUTINY ON BOARD THE WHALESHIP GLOBE by William Lay and Cyrus M.
Hussey. The original 1828 narrative. Introduction by Edouard
Stackpole.
AE 21 SHIPWRECK OF THE WHALESHIP ESSEX by Owen Chase. Including
Herman Melville’s own notes, for “Moby Dick.” Introduction by
B. R. McElderry, Jr.
“_One of the most exciting and promising new ventures in the field of
paperback publishing is the American Experience Series now being
brought out. These new and attractive editions of historic and
relatively neglected titles fill out in a unique way some of the
byways of our country’s past._”
Robert R. Kirsch in THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
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