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An adventurous story of a frontier boy raised by Indians, The Light in the Forest is a beloved American classic.
When John Cameron Butler was a child, he was captured in a raid on the Pennsylvania frontier and adopted by the great warrrior Cuyloga. Renamed True Son, he came to think of himself as fully Indian. But eleven years later his tribe, the Lenni Lenape, has signed a treaty with the white men and agreed to return...
When John Cameron Butler was a child, he was captured in a raid on the Pennsylvania frontier and adopted by the great warrrior Cuyloga. Renamed True Son, he came to think of himself as fully Indian. But eleven years later his tribe, the Lenni Lenape, has signed a treaty with the white men and agreed to return...
4) William Penn
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A biography of the famous Quaker who founded Pennsylvania and guaranteed religious freedom to all its settlers.
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Presents an overview of the history of the early American colony of Pennsylvania, using primary source materials, and including information on its settlement, founding, and growth as a colony. Describes the early settlements of New Sweden and New Netherland, the founding of Pennsylvania by William Penn, and the meetings of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, a business center.
16) William Penn
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Discusses the life and times of the early colonists of the United States.