Front matter
Reading edition
[This was orginally done on the 400th Anniversary of 1492 as was the great Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Interesting how our heroes have all been de-canonized in the interest of Political Correctitude—Comments by Michael S. Hart]
CONTENTS
PREFACE. THE TRUE STORY OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS CHAPTER I. BOY WITH AN IDEA. CHAPTER II WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT OF THE IDEA. CHAPTER III HOW COLUMBUS GAINED A QUEEN FOR HIS FRIEND. CHAPTER IV HOW THE ADMIRAL SAILED AWAY. CHAPTER V HOW THEY FARED ON THE SEA OF DARKNESS. CHAPTER VI WHAT COLUMBUS DISCOVERED. CHAPTER VII HOW A BOY BROUGHT THE ADMIRAL TO GRIEF. CHAPTER VIII TRYING IT AGAIN. CHAPTER IX HOW THE TROUBLES OF THE ADMIRAL BEGAN. CHAPTER X FROM PARADISE TO PRISON. CHAPTER XI HOW THE ADMIRAL CAME AND WENT AGAIN. CHAPTER XII HOW THE ADMIRAL PLAYED ROBINSON CRUSOE. CHAPTER XIII THE END OF THE STORY. CHAPTER XIV HOW THE STORY TURNS OUT.