Download or read book Discovering American History in England written by Catherine Leitch and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surprising discoveries you will find in this book include: The governor of Massachusetts who was beheaded on Tower Hill, The American Indian who was presented to King George III and refused to bow, The showman who made and flew the first airplane in England, The American actor who was responsible for the rebuilding of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, The first woman to take a seat in the House of Commons. One of the most prolific contributors to the Oxford English Dictionary-a former American military surgeon, convicted of murder and held in one of England's most notorious asylums for the criminally insane.