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American Leaders and Heroes

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Historian Wilbur F. Gordy presents short chapters on well-known American figures from the viewpoint of the early twentieth century, including explorers, political leaders, military figures and inventors. - Summary by Larry Wilson (6 hr 20 min)

Chapters

Preface

4:16

Read by Larry Wilson

Christopher Columbus and the Discovery Of America 1436-1506

22:12

Read by Ethan Voth

Hernando De Soto and the Discovery of the Mississippi 1500-1542

10:47

Read by Piotr Nater

Sir Walter Raleigh and the First English Attempts to Colonize America 1552-1618

13:26

Read by Piotr Nater

John Smith and the Settlement of Jamestown 1579-1631

14:48

Read by michaelnelson14356

Nathaniel Bacon and the Uprising of the People in Virginia in 1676 1647-1676

10:03

Read by Piotr Nater

Miles Standish and the Pilgrims 1584-1656

21:02

Read by Piotr Nater

Roger Williams and the Puritans 1599-1683

10:15

Read by Tatiana Chichilla

William Penn and the Settlement of Pennsylvania 1644-1718

13:26

Read by B.T. Sullivan

Cavelier De La Salle and the French in the Mississippi Valley 1643-1687

15:06

Read by Piotr Nater

George Washington, the Boy Surveyor and Young Soldier 1732-1799

22:58

Read by Kyle Donelan

James Wolfe, the Hero of 1727-1759

10:27

Read by Andrew Gaunce

Patrick Henry and the Stamp Act 1736-1799

12:51

Read by Ethan Voth

Samuel Adams and the Boston Tea Party 1722-1803

9:23

Read by Margaret

Paul Revere and the Battle of Concord and Lexington 1735-1818

11:52

Read by Wayne Cooke

Benjamin Franklin and Aid from France 1706-1790

15:31

Read by Tommy Aguilar

George Washington, the Virginia Planter and the Revolutionary Soldier 1732-1799

25:37

Read by Tommy Aguilar

Nathaniel Greene, the Hero of the South, and Francis Marion, the ''Swamp Fox,''…

12:37

Read by Chad Jackson

Daniel Boone, the Kentucky Pioneer 1735-1820

13:29

Read by Chad Jackson

Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase 1743-1826

12:48

Read by Chad Jackson

Robert Fulton and the Steamboat, Fulton 1765-1815

10:05

Read by Alan Mapstone

Andrew Jackson, the Upholder of the Union 1767-1845

12:37

Read by KevinS

Daniel Webster, the Defender and Expounder of the Constitution 1782-1852

12:36

Read by BettyB

Samuel Finley Breese Morse and the Electric Telegraph 1791-1872

12:34

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Abraham Lincoln, the Liberator of the Slaves 1809-1865

22:14

Read by Margaret

Ulysses Simpson Grant and the Civil War 1822-1885

13:13

Read by Hannah Yu

Some Leaders and Heroes in the War with Spain 1898-1899

14:39

Read by Hannah Yu