The Americana Collection for Palm OS

About The Americana Collection

Celebrate the American experience with these three classics: "The Journals of Lewis and Clark,"James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans" andNathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter."  When Thomas Jefferson became President in 1801, the western boundary of theUnited States was the Mississippi River, and two-thirds of all U.S. citizens lived within 50miles of the Atlantic Ocean. Following the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, Jefferson was determinedto link the Atlantic and Pacific coasts by finding "the northwest passage"- a water route to the Pacific Ocean. He appointed his personal secretary,Meriwether Lewis, to head the expedition, and Lewis asked his army buddy WilliamClark to share command. The expedition set off from St. Louis, Missouri on May 14, 1804 traveling in keelboats up the Missouri River. As they crossed the broadplains of America's heartland, theydiscovered 178 new species of plants and 122 new species of animals. Stopping at a Hidatsas and Mandan Indian village near what is now Bismarck, North Dakota, theyhired a French fur trader Toussaint Charbonneau and his Shoshone Indian wifeSacagawea to serve as translators. Sacagawea soon gave birth to baby boy, JeanBaptiste. With its three new members, the expedition pressed on reaching the Continental Divide at Lemhi Pass on the present-day borderof Montana and Idaho the following summer.On November 7, 1805 near what is nowAstoria, Oregon, the expedition finally reached the Pacific Ocean. Afterwintering in Oregon, they retraced their steps returning to St. Louis on September 26,1806. In all, they had been gone nearly twoand a half years. Tragically, Lewis committed suicide in 1809 and Sacagawea died at Fort Manuel in SouthDakota in 1812.William Clark adopted her two children, Jean Baptiste and an infant daughter,Lisette. Did You Know? Lewis brought his Newfoundland dog Seaman along on the expedition.

Clark's estimate that they had traveled 4,162 miles in total 
was only off by 40 miles from modern-day measurement. Set in the forests of NorthAmerica during the Seven Years War (1756 - 1763) between Great Britain andFrance, "The Last of the Mohicans" is the story of threefrontiersmen, young Indian brave Uncas, his white adopted brother Nat, and their father Chingachgook.Interrupting a devastating attack by Huron Indians led by the evil Magua on acolumn of British soldiers, they agree to transport the daughters of the Englishcommander, Alice and Cora Munro, to Fort William Henry. When they unexpectedlyfall in love with the English girls, Nat and Uncas must fight to savethem.  Published 1832, "The Last of the Mohicans" was just one of theCooper's frontier-themed works, which included "The Deerslayer" and "ThePathfinder". Did You Know? Cooperstown, NY, home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame was 
founded by James Fenimore Cooper's father, Judge William Cooper. Set in the Puritan colony of Boston in 1642, "The ScarletLetter" is the story of a young woman, Hester Prynne, who bears a childobviously not fathered by her elderly husband. When she refuses to name herlover, she is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on the front of her dress,proclaiming her adulterous condition to one and all. "TheScarlet Letter" is the most famous of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novels,which include "The House of the Seven Gables" and "The MarbleFaun."To read this eBook collection on your Palm, you must first have an eBook reader installed. We suggest eReader. If you don't already have it, visit the eReader website to download a free copy. The Americana Collection contains all the files necessary for all three readers. Because the Collection is downloaded in a zipped format, you must first unzip it using either Winzip or Stuffit Expander on your PC or Mac. Then, select the files compatible with your reader, and use your Palm desktop software to install them to your Palm. Start your reader and select the book you want to read. It's that easy.Our Support Center at support@rampartgames.com is available 24/7 to answer any questions you might have. If you experience any problems, please include the make and model of your handheld in your email.