Old Times in the Colonies (Illustrated Edition)
Settlements, Frontier Life, Native Encounters, and the Rise of Liberty in the Thirteen ColoniesBy Charles Carleton Coffin
Length12h 36m
About this audiobook
In *Old Times in the Colonies*, Charles Carleton Coffin presents colonial American history as a sequence of vivid human episodes, tracing European settlement, Indigenous encounters, religious communities, frontier conflict, and the gradual formation of political institutions. Written for younger readers but grounded in the popular historical tradition of the nineteenth century, the book combines documentary impulse with dramatic narration, moral reflection, and an accessible, anecdotal style. Its illustrations reinforce Coffin's effort to make the past visually immediate, while also revealing the period's patriotic, Protestant, and nation-building assumptions about colonization and American origins. Coffin (1823–1896) was a journalist, author, and Civil War correspondent whose experience in eyewitness reporting shaped his talent for converting large historical processes into memorable scenes and personal stories. He wrote extensively for juvenile and general audiences, seeking to cultivate civic knowledge and national character through history. His perspective reflects the post–Civil War era's desire to establish a coherent American past, even as modern readers may critically examine its treatment of Indigenous peoples, colonial power, and cultural difference. This illustrated edition is recommended to readers interested in nineteenth-century historical writing, the development of American civic literature, and the ways children's books construct national memory. It is especially valuable when read both as a lively introduction to colonial narratives and as a historical artifact whose omissions and emphases invite thoughtful comparison with contemporary scholarship.
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GenreHistory
Length12 hrs 36 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 21, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence (Annotated)
2Preface
3Chapter I Discovery of San Salvador
4Chapter II Forces of Civilization
5Chapter III First Settlements
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6Chapter IV The Wise Fool of England and His Times
7Chapter V The Beginning of Two Civilizations
8Chapter VI How Beaver-skins and Tobacco Helped on Civilization
9Chapter VII The Pilgrims
10Chapter VIII First Years at Plymouth
11Chapter IX Settlement of New Hampshire, New York, and Canada
12Chapter X The Puritan Beginning
13Chapter XI The Puritans Take Possession of New England
14Chapter XII Rhode Island and New Hampshire
15Chapter XIII Affairs at Manhattan
16Chapter XIV The Struggle for Liberty in England, and Hot It Affected America
17Chapter XV The Quakers
18Chapter XVI The End of Dutch Rule in America
19Chapter XVII The Times of Charles II
20Chapter XVIII King Philip's War
21Chapter XIX Louis Frontenac in Canada
22Chapter XX Governor Berkeley and the Virginians
23Chapter XXI How the King Took Away the Charters of the Colonies
24Chapter XXII King William's War
25Chapter XXIII New Jersey and Maryland
26Chapter XXIV Settlement of Pennsylvania
27Chapter XXV Witches
28Chapter XXVI The Legacy of Blood
29Chapter XXVII Maine and New Hampshire
30Chapter XXVIII The Carolinas
31Chapter XXIX Georgia
32Chapter XXX The Negro Tragedy
33Chapter XXXI The Beginning of a Great Struggle
34Chapter XXXII Defeat of General Braddock
35Chapter XXXIII The Emperor of Austria's Will
36Chapter XXXIV Incompetent and Cowardly Generals
37Chapter XXXV Two Civilizations
38Chapter XXXVI The Destiny of an Empire
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