Books with author Charles Carleton Coffin

The settlement of North America was the beginning of a new era in human history.The oppressive laws, habits and customs of the Old World no longer held such power over those who had made the treacherous journey across the Atlantic.No reigning monarch or dictatorial power ever stepped onto the ground of North America.Yet, despite this, the men and women thirteen colonies of North America were still not free until they threw off the shackles of England’s government and asserted their own rights The journey between the discovery of America to the eventual liberation of the United States after the Revolutionary War was a long and turbulent one that Charles Carleton Coffin uncovers through the course of his book Sweet Land of Liberty.Coffin’s account begins with an explanation of how during the early sixteenth century Spanish, French and English ships began to land along the eastern coast of America and laid claim to vast swathes of the continent.Particularly fascinating are the chapters in which Coffin explores how America became a haven for religious dissidents, firstly the puritans of the seventeenth century and later for groups such as the Quakers.As the eighteenth century progressed the relations between the thirteen colonies and the English government in London until eventually the Declaration of Independence was declared and the continent descended into warfare. Carleton explains how the ideas of liberty and freedom were developed over the preceding years and shaped this important document and the subsequent war.This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the early history of the United States and how ideas of liberty and freedom were developed in the colonies prior to the War of Independence.Charles Carleton Coffin was an American journalist, American Civil War correspondent, author and politician. He was one of the most famous newspaper correspondents of the American Civil War and has been called “the Ernie Pyle of his era.” His book Sweet Land of Liberty was first published as Old Times in the Colonies in 1880. Coffin passed away in 1896.

For much of history humankind has been oppressed. We have suffered religious persecution, the tyranny of cruel monarchs, and suffered untold horrors due to war and famine.Yet, the modern world now has greater freedom than ever before.So how did this rise of liberty occur?Charles Carleton Coffin’s fascinating work The Story of Liberty charts this remarkable progress.The history begins with King John of England and the civil war that developed during his reign when many barons refused to suffer anymore of his tyranny and forced him to sign the Magna Carta.From this starting point Coffin explains how various countries across Europe developed religious and political freedom in the subsequent centuries. He explains how Martin Luther questioned the hierarchy of the church and his powerful ideas were spread across the continent through the invention of the printing press.The quest from freedom and liberty is recorded from the turbulent medieval period right through the Reformation to the point when the Pilgrim Fathers landed on the eastern seaboard of America and began a new society based on liberty.This book is a remarkable history of the rise of Protestantism and political freedom in Europe and America and deserves to be read by every person who values the liberty that they hold.Charles Carleton Coffin was an American journalist, American Civil War correspondent, author and politician. He was one of the most famous newspaper correspondents of the American Civil War and has been called “the Ernie Pyle of his era.” His book The Story of Liberty was first published in 1878. Coffin passed away in 1896.

For much of history humankind has been oppressed. We have suffered religious persecution, the tyranny of cruel monarchs, and suffered untold horrors due to war and famine.Yet, the modern world now has greater freedom than ever before.So how did this rise of liberty occur?Charles Carleton Coffin’s fascinating work The Story of Liberty charts this remarkable progress.The history begins with King John of England and the civil war that developed during his reign when many barons refused to suffer anymore of his tyranny and forced him to sign the Magna Carta.From this starting point Coffin explains how various countries across Europe developed religious and political freedom in the subsequent centuries. He explains how Martin Luther questioned the hierarchy of the church and his powerful ideas were spread across the continent through the invention of the printing press.The quest for freedom and liberty is recorded from the turbulent medieval period right through the Reformation to the point when the Pilgrim Fathers landed on the eastern seaboard of America and began a new society based on liberty.This book is a remarkable history of the rise of Protestantism and political freedom in Europe and America and deserves to be read by every person who values the liberty that they hold.Charles Carleton Coffin was an American journalist, American Civil War correspondent, author and politician. He was one of the most famous newspaper correspondents of the American Civil War and has been called “the Ernie Pyle of his era.” His book The Story of Liberty was first published in 1878. Coffin passed away in 1896.

"The settlement of our country was the beginning of a new era in human affairs. The people of England, ever since the days of King John, when the barons compelled him to sign the Magna Charta in the meadow of Runnymede, had struggled against tyranny; and when the emigrants sailed across the Atlantic to rear their homes in Virginia and New England, it was the transplanting of liberty to a continent where everything was new, and where the conditions that surrounded them were wholly unlike those of the Old World.This volume is an outline of some of the principal events that transpired during the colonial period of our country, and portrays the hardships and sufferings of those who laid the foundations of a new empire. It will show how the Old World laws, habits, and customs were gradually changed; how the grand ideas of Freedom and the Rights of Man took root and flourished..."Charles Carleton Coffin

American Revolution what our fathers accomplished, -- their hardships, heroism, and self-denial, in securing the independence of the country and in advancing liberty and happiness throughout the world will have an interest and charm of its own so long as the de sire for freedom exists in the hearts of men. In this volume an attempt has been made to give a concise, plain, and authentic narrative of the principal battles of the Revolution as witnessed by those who took part in them. Although the name of Elijah Favor may not be found on the Ryefield muster-roll, yet we have more than his counterpart in the person of Alexander Scammell, who fought at Bunker Hill, became Washington strusted adjutant-general, and who gave his life to his country at Yorktown ;while Dodifer Hanscom, Esek Earl, and Nicholas Dolof are representative boys of the time. One hundred years have passed since the Boys of 76 shouldered their muskets and fought for their liberties. The sufferings, hardships, hatreds, and barbarities of that struggle, all have passed away, and A meri cans and Britons are brothers; but the story of the struggle the patriot ism, self-denial, and devotion will never be forgotten. That a perusal of these pages may deepen the love of the boys of the present generation for their country, and quicken their love for liberty and the rights of man, is the earnest hope of c. c. c.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.

An invigorating and smart retelling of the battles of the American Revolutionary War written as a narrative for adventure.Filled with the fascinating men of the Revolution, from George Washington, to Marquis de Lafayette, to William Howe, this book is a wonderful introduction to how American won its independence from the mother country, Great Britain.

"The settlement of our country was the beginning of a new era in human affairs. The people of England, ever since the days of King John, when the barons compelled him to sign the Magna Charta in the meadow of Runnymede, had struggled against tyranny; and when the emigrants sailed across the Atlantic to rear their homes in Virginia and New England, it was the transplanting of liberty to a continent where everything was new, and where the conditions that surrounded them were wholly unlike those of the Old World.This volume is an outline of some of the principal events that transpired during the colonial period of our country, and portrays the ardships and sufferings of those who laid the foundations of a new empire. It will show how the Old World laws, habits, and customs were gradually changed; how the grand ideas of Freedom and the Rights of Man took root and flourished..."Charles Carleton Coffin

This "Story of Liberty" is a true narrative. It covers a period of five hundred years fight for liberty, from the Magna Carta (1215) up to the landing of the Pilgrims in Massachusetts (1620)Contents:John Lackland and the Barons The Man Who Preached After He Was Dead The Fire That Was Kindled in Bohemia What Laurence Coster and John Gutenberg Did for Liberty The Men Who Ask Questions How a Man Tried to Reach the East by Sailing West The New Home of Liberty A Boy Who Objected to Marrying His Brother's Widow The Man Who Can Do No Wrong The Boy Who Sung for His Breakfast What the Boy Who Sung for His Breakfast Saw in Rome The Boy-Cardinal The Boy-Emperor The Field of the Cloth of Gold The Men Who Obey Orders Plans That Did Not Come to Pass The Man Who Split the Church in Twain The Queen Who Burned Heretics How Liberty Began in France The Man Who Filled the World With Woe Progress of Liberty in England How the Pope Put Down the HereticsThe Queen of the Scots St. Bartholomew How the "Beggars" Fought for Their Rights Why the Queen of Scotland Lost Her HeadThe Retribution That Followed Crime William Brewster and His Friends The Star of Empire The "Half-Moon" Strangers and Pilgrims

This classic history of the American colonial period includes the following chapters:PrefaceI. Discovery of San SalvadorII. Forces of CivilizationIII. First SettlementsIV. The Wise Fool of England and His TimesV. The Beginning of Two CivilizationsVI. How Beaver-Skins and Tobacco Helped on CivilizationVII. The PilgrimsVIII. First Yeaus at PlymouthIX. Settlement of New Hampshire, New York, and CanadaX. The Puritan BeginningXI. The Puritans Take Possession of New EnglandXII. Rhode Island and New HampshireXIII. Affairs at ManhattanXIV. The Struggle for Liberty in England, and How It Affected AmericaXV. The QuakersXVI. The End of Dutch Rule in AmericaXVII. The Times of Charles IiXVIII. King Philip’s WarXIX. Louis Frontenac in CanadaXX. Governor Berkeley and the VirginiansXXI. How the King Took Away the Charters of the ColoniesXXII. King William’s WarXXIII. New Jersey and MarylandXXIV. Settlement PennsylvaniaXXV. WitchesXXVI. The Legacy of BloodXXVII. Maine and New HampshireXXVIII. The CarolinasXXIX. GeorgiaXXX. The Negro TragedyXXXI. The Beginning of a Great StruggleXXXII. Defeat of General BraddockXXXIII. The Emperor of Austria’s WillXXXIV. Incompetent and Cowardly GeneralsXXXV. Two CivilizationsXXXVI. The Destiny of an Empire