Download or read book Builders of Our Country, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Gertrude Van Duyn Southworth and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Builders of Our Country, Vol. 1 A history of New York told in story form, with portraits, views of historic scenes and places, maps, and many illustrations of fashions and customs, inventions, and other signs of social change. The author has here written a lively narrative, recounting critical incidents and momentous conversations, without making it the less a trustworthy, well-proportioned history. It makes an excellent supplementary reading book for grammar grades. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.