Hidden Treasures
Harry A. Lewis
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
"Some succeed while others fail. This is a recognized fact; yet history tells us that seven-tenths of our most successful men began life poor." A selection of mini-biographies teaches us how some successful men have overcome odds to make their mark on history. (Summary by Lynne Thompson; quote from Introduction) (16 hr 38 min)
Chapters
| Preface, Introduction, Quotations | 7:13 | Read by Lynne T |
| Daniel Drew | 5:52 | Read by Lynne T |
| Russell Sage | 4:07 | Read by Lynne T |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | 9:36 | Read by Lynne T |
| Amos Lawrence | 10:25 | Read by TriciaG |
| Horace B. Claflin | 3:31 | Read by TriciaG |
| William E. Dodge | 3:59 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Jay Gould | 14:45 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| John Wannamaker | 4:22 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| Alexander T. Stewart | 8:03 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| Nicholas Longworth | 4:40 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| Robert Bonner | 4:46 | Read by Deon Gines |
| William G. Fargo | 3:08 | Read by Deon Gines |
| James C. Flood | 5:20 | Read by Deon Gines |
| John W. MacKay | 5:05 | Read by Deon Gines |
| James C. Fair | 11:55 | Read by shawnzhu |
| Horace Greeley | 16:02 | Read by Chessie Joy |
| Thurlow Weed | 7:02 | Read by Chessie Joy |
| George W. Childs | 10:47 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| James Gordon Bennett | 7:59 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| Phineas T. Barnum | 4:15 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Matthew Vassar | 3:28 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| John Jacob Astor | 4:40 | Read by Tom Merritt |
| Potter Palmer | 4:04 | Read by Tom Merritt |
| James Harper | 7:55 | Read by Tom Merritt |
| Henry Disston | 3:38 | Read by Tom Merritt |
| Peter Cooper | 8:29 | Read by Deon Gines |
| George Law | 3:39 | Read by Deon Gines |
| Darius O. Mills | 4:41 | Read by Deon Gines |
| Stephen Girard | 8:53 | Read by Lynne T |
| Moses Taylor | 3:45 | Read by Deon Gines |
| William C. Ralston | 6:59 | Read by Deon Gines |
| George Peabody | 7:01 | Read by Deon Gines |
| William W. Corcoran | 5:11 | Read by Deon Gines |
| Nathan Mayer Rothschild | 10:03 | Read by Deon Gines |
| John Adams, Part 1 | 36:33 | Read by Lynne T |
| John Adams, Part 2 | 42:02 | Read by Arnie Horton |
| Thomas Jefferson | 14:40 | Read by Tom Merritt |
| John Marshall | 7:50 | Read by Lynne T |
| Alexander Hamilton | 8:22 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| James Madison | 32:03 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| James Monroe | 11:49 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Lewis Cass | 4:05 | Read by Etel Buss |
| John C. Calhoun | 13:26 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
| Robert Y. Hayne | 5:06 | Read by Etel Buss |
| Daniel Webster | 33:07 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Andrew Jackson | 20:17 | Read by Jill Engle |
| Thomas H. Benton | 14:09 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Henry Clay | 10:30 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Martin Van Buren | 8:13 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Stephen Arnold Douglass | 6:42 | Read by Tom Merritt |
| Abbott Lawrence | 3:08 | Read by Tom Merritt |
| Alexander H. Stephens | 20:34 | Read by Tom Merritt |
| Millard Fillmore | 7:07 | Read by Etel Buss |
| William H. Seward | 11:21 | Read by Tom Merritt |
| Horatio Seymour | 6:57 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Winfield S. Hancock | 7:46 | Read by Lynne T |
| George B. McClellan | 4:53 | Read by Tom Merritt |
| Ulysses Simpson Grant | 7:51 | Read by Jill Engle |
| Stonewall Jackson | 5:29 | Read by Tom Merritt |
| General Robert E. Lee | 8:46 | Read by Tom Merritt |
| Henry Wilson | 4:55 | Read by Etel Buss |
| Abraham Lincoln | 29:54 | Read by Jill Engle |
| Edward Everett | 10:06 | Read by Tom Merritt |
| Edwin M. Stanton | 11:57 | Read by Tom Merritt |
| Andrew Johnson | 8:59 | Read by Tom Merritt |
| James A. Garfield | 15:49 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Chester A. Arthur | 8:09 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| John A. Logan | 10:32 | Read by John Lieder |
| James G. Blaine, Part 1 | 27:40 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| James G. Blaine, Part 2 | 41:43 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| Samuel J. Tilden | 13:53 | Read by Dan Darbandi |
| Henry Ward Beecher | 23:39 | Read by DPranitis |
| James Watt | 12:32 | Read by Availle |
| George Stephenson | 15:42 | Read by Garth Burton |
| Benjamin Franklin | 12:47 | Read by Tom Merritt |
| Eli Whitney | 3:29 | Read by Tom Merritt |
| Robert Fulton | 12:54 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Elias Howe, Jnr. | 17:16 | Read by Tom Merritt |
| Isaac M. Singer | 5:30 | Read by Garth Burton |
| Richard M. Hoe | 7:31 | Read by Garth Burton |
| Charles Goodyear | 8:53 | Read by Tom Merritt |
| Professor S.F.B. Morse | 10:51 | Read by Availle |
| Cyrus W. Field | 11:30 | Read by Lynne T |
| George M. Pullman | 7:06 | Read by David Olson |
| Thomas A. Edison | 8:52 | Read by Availle |
| Success And Failure | 10:43 | Read by Availle |
| Concentration Of Effort | 9:10 | Read by Availle |
| Self-Reliance | 11:05 | Read by Availle |
| Economy Of Time | 7:28 | Read by Availle |
| Causes Of Failure | 29:49 | Read by Availle |