The Ifs of History

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Joseph Edgar Chamberlin

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PREFACE

THE IFS OF HISTORY

CHAPTER I IF THEMISTOCLES HAD NOT BEATEN ARISTIDES IN AN ATHENIAN ELECTION

CHAPTER II IF THE MOORS HAD WON THE BATTLE OF TOURS

CHAPTER III IF KING ETHELRED OF ENGLAND HAD NOT MARRIED THE NORMAN EMMA

CHAPTER IV IF COLUMBUS HAD KEPT HIS STRAIGHT COURSE WESTWARD

CHAPTER V IF QUEEN ELIZABETH HAD LEFT A SON OR DAUGHTER

CHAPTER VI IF THE PHILARMONIA HAD NOT GIVEN CONCERTS AT VICENZA

CHAPTER VII IF THE SPANISH ARMADA HAD SAILED AT ITS APPOINTED TIME

CHAPTER VIII IF CHAMPLAIN HAD TARRIED IN PLYMOUTH BAY

CHAPTER IX IF CHARLES II HAD ACCEPTED THE KINGSHIP OF VIRGINIA

CHAPTER X IF ADMIRAL PENN HAD PERSISTED IN DISOWNING HIS SON WILLIAM

CHAPTER XI IF THE BOY GEORGE WASHINGTON HAD BECOME A BRITISH MIDSHIPMAN

CHAPTER XII IF ALEXANDER HAMILTON HAD NOT WRITTEN ABOUT THE HURRICANE

CHAPTER XIII IF LA FAYETTE HAD HELD THE FRENCH REIGN OF TERROR IN CHECK

CHAPTER XIV IF GILBERT LIVINGSTON HAD NOT VOTED NEW YORK INTO THE UNION

CHAPTER XV IF THE PIRATE JEAN LAFITTE HAD JOINED THE BRITISH AT NEW ORLEANS

CHAPTER XVI IF JAMES MACDONNEL HAD NOT CLOSED THE GATES OF HUGOMONT CASTLE

CHAPTER XVII IF ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S FATHER HAD MOVED SOUTHWARD, NOT NORTHWARD

CHAPTER XVIII IF SKIPPER JENNINGS HAD NOT RESCUED CERTAIN SHIPWRECKED JAPANESE

CHAPTER XIX IF ORSINI'S BOMB HAD NOT FAILED TO DESTROY NAPOLEON III

CHAPTER XX IF PRESIDENT BUCHANAN HAD ENFORCED THE LAW IN NOVEMBER, 1860

CHAPTER XXI IF THE CONFEDERATES HAD MARCHED ON WASHINGTON AFTER BULL RUN

CHAPTER XXII IF THE CONFEDERATE STATES HAD PURCHASED THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S FLEET IN 1861

Title: The Ifs of History

Author: Joseph Edgar Chamberlin

Language: English

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