{"id":3685,"date":"2019-07-05T17:02:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T17:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/?page_id=3685"},"modified":"2025-03-24T12:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T12:32:14","slug":"our-empire-story-by-h-e-marshall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/our-empire-story-by-h-e-marshall\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Empire Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Empire Story<\/strong><\/h3>\n

by H.E. Marshall<\/p>\n

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Description:  <\/span>Vivid and picturesque account of the principal events in the building of the British Empire. Traces the development of the British colonies from days of discovery and exploration through settlement and establishment of government. Includes stories of the five chief portions of the Empire: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and India.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ages:  <\/strong>10-16<\/em>Length: <\/strong><\/span> <\/span>592 pages<\/span><\/em>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Paperback, Ebook<\/span><\/span><\/em>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Black and white (paperback)<\/span><\/em>                     Color\/black and white (ebook)<\/span><\/em>Year published:<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>2006<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>ISBN:<\/strong>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>978-1-59915-087-1<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Genres:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>History, British History<\/em> <\/p>\n

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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

CANADA<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. How Lief the Son of Eric the Red Sailed into the West<\/em><\/p>\n

2. Westward! Westward! Westward!<\/em><\/p>\n

3. How a Breton Sailor Came to Canada<\/em><\/p>\n

4. The Story of Henry Hudson<\/em><\/p>\n

5. The Father of New France<\/em><\/p>\n

6. The Founding of Quebec<\/em><\/p>\n

7. How a Bold Answer Saved Quebec<\/em><\/p>\n

8. How the Union Jack Was Hoisted upon the Fort of St. Louis<\/em><\/p>\n

9. The Feast of Eat-Everything<\/em><\/p>\n

10. A Knight of New France<\/em><\/p>\n

11. The Beginning of the Hudson Bay Company<\/em><\/p>\n

12. The Adventures of La Salle<\/em><\/p>\n

13. The Adventures of La Salle (continued)<\/em><\/p>\n

14. Count Frontenac<\/em><\/p>\n

15. The Story of Madeleine de Vercheres<\/em><\/p>\n

16. The War of the Boundary Line<\/em><\/p>\n

17. The Path of Glory<\/em><\/p>\n

18. For the Empire<\/em><\/p>\n

19. The Story of Laura Secord<\/em><\/p>\n

20. Red River Settlement<\/em><\/p>\n

21. Louis Riel<\/em><\/p>\n

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AUSTRALIA<\/em><\/p>\n

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22. “There Is Nothing New under the Sun”<\/em><\/p>\n

23. The Founding of Sydney<\/em><\/p>\n

24. The Adventures of George Bass and Matthew Flinders<\/em><\/p>\n

25. A Little Revolution<\/em><\/p>\n

26. The First Traveller in Queensland<\/em><\/p>\n

27. Through the Great Unknown<\/em><\/p>\n

28. “The Tracts of Thirst and Furnace”<\/em><\/p>\n

29. The Finding of Gold<\/em><\/p>\n

30. The Bushrangers<\/em><\/p>\n

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NEW ZEALAND<\/em><\/p>\n

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31. How a Great White Bird Came to the Shores<\/em><\/p>\n

32. The Apostle of New Zealand<\/em><\/p>\n

33. Hongi the Warrior<\/em><\/p>\n

34. How the Maoris Became the Children of the Great<\/em><\/p>\n

35. White Queen<\/em><\/p>\n

36. “The Heavenly Dawn” and “The Wild Cabbage Leaf” Make War<\/em><\/p>\n

37. The Flagstaff War<\/em><\/p>\n

38. The Warpath<\/em><\/p>\n

39. The Storming of the Bat’s Nest<\/em><\/p>\n

40. The Taming of the Wild Cabbage Leaf<\/em><\/p>\n

41. The King of the Maoris<\/em><\/p>\n

42. To the Sound of the War-Song<\/em><\/p>\n

43. The Hau Haus and Te Kooti<\/em><\/p>\n

SOUTH AFRICA<\/em><\/p>\n

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44. Early Days<\/em><\/p>\n

45. The Coming of the Dutch<\/em><\/p>\n

46. The Coming of the French<\/em><\/p>\n

47. The Coming of the British<\/em><\/p>\n

48. The Rebellion of Slachter’s Nek<\/em><\/p>\n

49. The Great Witch Doctor<\/em><\/p>\n

50. About the Coming of British Settlers and the Wars of the Black Napoleon<\/em><\/p>\n

51. The Great Trek<\/em><\/p>\n

52. Dingaan’s Treachery<\/em><\/p>\n

53. The War of the Axe<\/em><\/p>\n

54. The Wreck of the “Birkenhead”<\/em><\/p>\n

55. The Founding of Two Republics<\/em><\/p>\n

56. The Story of a False Prophet<\/em><\/p>\n

57. A Story about a Pretty Stone<\/em><\/p>\n

58. Facing Fearful Odds<\/em><\/p>\n

59. Upon Majuba’s Height<\/em><\/p>\n

60. The Gold City<\/em><\/p>\n

61. War and Peace<\/em><\/p>\n

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INDIA<\/em><\/p>\n

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62. Alexander the Great Invades India<\/em><\/p>\n

63. How Brave Men Went Sailing upon Unknown Seas<\/em><\/p>\n

64. Success at Last<\/em><\/p>\n

65. How the Dutch and English Set Forth to India<\/em><\/p>\n

66. The First British Ambassador Goes to the Court of the Emperor of India<\/em><\/p>\n

67. The Hatred of the Dutch<\/em><\/p>\n

68. The French in India<\/em><\/p>\n

69. The Siege of Arcot<\/em><\/p>\n

70. The Black Hole<\/em><\/p>\n

71. The Battle of Plassey<\/em><\/p>\n

72. Times of Misrule<\/em><\/p>\n

73. Warren Hastings, First Governor-General<\/em><\/p>\n

74. Warren Hastings\u2014War<\/em><\/p>\n

75. Tippoo Sultan<\/em><\/p>\n

76. Warrior Chieftains<\/em><\/p>\n

77. The Mutiny of Vellore<\/em><\/p>\n

78. The Ghurkas<\/em><\/p>\n

79. The Pindaris and the Last Mar\u00e1th\u00e1 War<\/em><\/p>\n

80. The First Burmese War<\/em><\/p>\n

81. The Siege of Bhurtpore<\/em><\/p>\n

82. Sati and Thags<\/em><\/p>\n

83. The First Afghan War<\/em><\/p>\n

84. The Sikhs<\/em><\/p>\n

85. The Mutiny\u2014Delhi<\/em><\/p>\n

86. The Mutiny\u2014Cawnpore<\/em><\/p>\n

87. The Mutiny\u2014Lucknow<\/em><\/p>\n

88. The Empress of India<\/em><\/p>\n

An Inside View…<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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