Anonymous - 19th Century 1

The Louisiana Purchase (French: Vente de la Louisiane "Sale of Louisiana") was the acquisition by the United States of America of 828,800 square miles (2,147,000 km2) of France's claim to the territ……続きを見る

A German deserter's war experience About ten minutes we might have lain in the grass when we suddenly heard rifle shots in front of us. Electrified, all of us jumped up and hastened to our rifles. T……続きを見る

This article, "The Federal American," from the July 1865 issue of The Knickerbocker magazin, discusses the meaning of "federal" in America. 続きを見る

This article, "Adventures on a Mountaintop," from the April 1860 issue of The Knickerbocker magazine tells about a mountain-climbing expedition in the Green Mountains of Vermont. 続きを見る

In 'The Gathering of the Nations' by Anonymous, the reader is transported to a world where various cultures come together in a grand display of unity and diversity. The book is written in a poetic a……続きを見る

The Treaty of Fort Laramie (also called the Sioux Treaty of 1868) was a treaty between the United States and the Oglala, Miniconjou, and Brulé bands of Lakota people, Yanktonai Dakota, and Arapaho N……続きを見る

Slavery existed long before the United States of America was founded, but so did opposition to slavery. Both flourished after the founding of the country, and the anti-slavery movement was known as ……続きを見る

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo in Spanish) is the peace treaty, largely dictated by the United States to the interim government of a militarily occupied Mexico City, t……続きを見る

This article, "Orientalism," from the June 1853 issue of The Knickerbocker magazine, is an indepth discussion of the impact of Western civilization and technological innovation on areas of the Orien……続きを見る

This article, "The Steam-Yacht 'North Star,'" originally from the July 1853 issue of The Knickerbocker magazine, describes a yacht privately used by the Yankee millionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt III. 続きを見る