\n
", "
", "center", "70", "0", "0", "[Book Cover]") ?>
\n
", "
", "center", "70", "0", "0", "[Title Page]") ?>
\n
", "
\n
", "center", "70", "0", "0", "[Copyright Page]") ?>
author of this series has made it his special
object to confine himself very strictly, even in the
most minute details which he records, to historic
truth. The narratives are not tales founded upon
history, but history itself, without any embellishment
or any deviations from the strict truth, so far as it
can now be discovered by an attentive examination of
the annals written at the time when the events
themselves occurred. In writing the narratives, the
author has endeavored to avail himself of the best
sources of information which this country affords; and
though, of course, there must be in these volumes, as
in all historical narratives, more or less of
imperfection and error, there is no intentional
embellishment. Nothing is stated, not even the most
minute and apparently imaginary details, without what
was deemed good historical authority. The readers,
therefore, may rely upon the record as the truth, and
nothing but the truth, so far as honest purpose and a
careful examination has been effectual in ascertaining
it.
\n
", "
", "center", "70", "0", "0", "[Contents]") ?>
\n
", "
", "center", "70", "0", "0", "[Engravings]") ?>
\n
", "
", "center", "70", "0", "0", "[Map]") ?>