American Leaders and Heroes
Wilbur F. Gordy
Play
Length 6 h 21 min
Chapters 26
First published 1907
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
Chapters
1
Preface Read by Larry Wilson 4:16
2
Hernando De Soto and the Discovery of the Mississippi 1500-1542 Read by Piotr Nater 10:47
3
Sir Walter Raleigh and the First English Attempts to Colonize America 1552-1618 Read by Piotr Nater 13:26
4
John Smith and the Settlement of Jamestown 1579-1631 Read by michaelnelson14356 14:48
5
Nathaniel Bacon and the Uprising of the People in Virginia in 1676 1647-1676 Read by Piotr Nater 10:03
6
Miles Standish and the Pilgrims 1584-1656 Read by Piotr Nater 21:02
7
Roger Williams and the Puritans 1599-1683 Read by Tatiana Chichilla 10:15
8
William Penn and the Settlement of Pennsylvania 1644-1718 Read by B.T. Sullivan 13:26
9
Cavelier De La Salle and the French in the Mississippi Valley 1643-1687 Read by Piotr Nater 15:06
10
George Washington, the Boy Surveyor and Young Soldier 1732-1799 Read by Kyle Donelan 22:58
11
James Wolfe, the Hero of 1727-1759 Read by Andrew Gaunce 10:27
12
Patrick Henry and the Stamp Act 1736-1799 Read by Ethan Voth 12:51
13
Samuel Adams and the Boston Tea Party 1722-1803 Read by Margaret 9:23
14
Paul Revere and the Battle of Concord and Lexington 1735-1818 Read by Wayne Cooke 11:52
15
Benjamin Franklin and Aid from France 1706-1790 Read by Tommy Aguilar 15:31
16
George Washington, the Virginia Planter and the Revolutionary Soldier 1732-1799 Read by Tommy Aguilar 25:37
17
Nathaniel Greene, the Hero of the South, and Francis Marion, the ''Swamp Fox,'' 1742-1786 Read by Chad Jackson 12:37
18
Daniel Boone, the Kentucky Pioneer 1735-1820 Read by Chad Jackson 13:29
19
Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase 1743-1826 Read by Chad Jackson 12:48
20
Robert Fulton and the Steamboat, Fulton 1765-1815 Read by Alan Mapstone 10:05
21
Andrew Jackson, the Upholder of the Union 1767-1845 Read by KevinS 12:37
22
Daniel Webster, the Defender and Expounder of the Constitution 1782-1852 Read by BettyB 12:36
23
Samuel Finley Breese Morse and the Electric Telegraph 1791-1872 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi 12:34
24
Abraham Lincoln, the Liberator of the Slaves 1809-1865 Read by Margaret 22:14
25
Ulysses Simpson Grant and the Civil War 1822-1885 Read by Hannah Yu 13:13
26
Some Leaders and Heroes in the War with Spain 1898-1899 Read by Hannah Yu 14:39
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