Title A popular history of the United States of America : from the aboriginal times to the present day : embracing an account of the aborigines, the Norsemen in the New world, the discoveries by the Spaniards, English, and French, the planting of settlements, the growth of the colonies, the struggle for liberty in the revolution, the establishment of the Union, the development of the nation, the Civil War, and the centennial of independence / by John Clark Ridpath ; illustrated with maps, charts, portraits, and diagrams.