Peter Parley's History of the United States

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Peter Parley's History of the United States is a 19th-century popular history book for young readers that presents the story of the United States in an accessible, narrative style under the pseudonymous persona "Peter Parley."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
children's history book
popular history
aimsTo make history engaging for children
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
didacticFunction moral and civic instruction
educationalDiscipline American history
history
educationalLevel lower secondary education
primary education
educationalPurpose teaching American history to children
featuresCharacter Peter Parley NERFINISHED
genre children's literature
educational literature
history
historicalSettingOfContent American Revolution NERFINISHED
colonial America
early United States republic
intendedAudience students
young readers
language English
mainSubject history of the United States
medium print
narrativeDevice conversational storyteller
narrativeForm story-based exposition of historical events
narrativePerspective first-person persona "Peter Parley"
portrays events in United States history
figures in United States history
targetAgeGroup children
young adolescents
timePeriodOfPublication 19th century
usesPseudonym Peter Parley NERFINISHED
writingStyle accessible
narrative

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S. G. Goodrich notableWork Peter Parley's History of the United States