American Leaders and Heroes
Illustrated EditionBy Wilbur Fisk Gordy
Length7h 17m
About this audiobook
This edition presents incredible lives of some of the most notable persons of American history. It is hoped that this book will furnish reader's mind some conception of what American history is, and at the same time stimulate an abiding interest in historical and biographical reading.
Contents:
Christopher Columbus and the Discovery Of America
Hernando De Soto and the Discovery of the Mississippi
Sir Walter Raleigh and the First English Attempts to Colonize America
John Smith and the Settlement of Jamestown
Nathaniel Bacon and the Uprising of the People in Virginia in 1676
Miles Standish and the Pilgrims
Roger Williams and the Puritans
William Penn and the Settlement of Pennsylvania
Cavelier De La Salle and the French in the Mississippi Valley
George Washington, the Boy Surveyor and Young Soldier
James Wolfe, the Hero of Quebec
Patrick Henry and the Stamp Act
Samuel Adams and the Boston Tea Party
Paul Revere and the Battle of Concord and Lexington
Benjamin Franklin and Aid from France
George Washington, the Virginia Planter and the Revolutionary Soldier
Nathaniel Greene, the Hero of the South, and Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox"
Daniel Boone, the Kentucky Pioneer
Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
Robert Fulton and the Steamboat
Andrew Jackson, the Upholder of the Union
Daniel Webster, the Defender and Expounder of the Constitution
Samuel Finley Breese Morse and the Electric Telegraph
Abraham Lincoln, the Liberator of the Slaves
Ulysses Simpson Grant and the Civil War
Some Leaders and Heroes in the War with Spain
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Biography and Memoir
Length7 hrs 17 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 2, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1American Leaders and Heroes
15CHAPTER XIV: Paul Revere and the Battle of Concord and Lexington
2CHAPTER I: Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of America
16CHAPTER XIV: Paul Revere and the Battle of Concord and Lexington
3CHAPTER II: Hernando De Soto and the Discovery of the Mississippi
17CHAPTER XV: Benjamin Franklin and Aid from France
4CHAPTER III: Sir Walter Raleigh and the First English Attempts to Colonize America
18CHAPTER XVI: George Washington the Virginia Planter and the Revolutionary Soldier
5CHAPTER IV: John Smith and the Settlement of Jamestown
19CHAPTER XVII: Nathaniel Greene, the Hero of the South, and Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox"
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6CHAPTER V: Nathaniel Bacon and the Uprising of the People in Virginia in 1676
20CHAPTER XVIII: Daniel Boone, the Kentucky Pioneer
7CHAPTER VI: Miles Standish and the Pilgrims
21CHAPTER XIX: Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
8CHAPTER VII: Roger Williams and the Puritans
22CHAPTER XX: Robert Fulton and the Steamboat
9CHAPTER VIII: William Penn and the Settlement of Pennsylvania
23CHAPTER XXI: Andrew Jackson, the Upholder of the Union
10CHAPTER IX: Cavelier De La Salle and the French in the Mississippi Valley
24CHAPTER XXII: Daniel Webster, the Defender and Expounder of the Constitution
11CHAPTER X: George Washington, the Boy Surveyor and Young Soldier
25CHAPTER XXIII: Samuel Finley Breese Morse and the Electric Telegraph
12CHAPTER XI: James Wolfe, the Hero of Quebec
26CHAPTER XXIV: Abraham Lincoln the Liberator of the Slaves
13CHAPTER XII: Patrick Henry and the Stamp Act
27CHAPTER XXV: Ulysses Simpson Grant and the Civil War
14CHAPTER XIII: Samuel Adams and the Boston Tea Party
28CHAPTER XXVI: Some Leaders and Heroes in the War with Spain in 1676
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