Child's Book of American Biography
Mary Stoyell Stimpson
Play
Length 4 h 43 min
Chapters 30
First published 1915
In every country there have been certain men and women whose busy lives have made the world better or wiser. The names of such are heard so often that every child should know a few facts about them. It is hoped the very short stories told here may make boys and girls eager to learn more about these famous people. (from the Forward of the text)
Chapters
1
01 - Forward and George Washington Read by Laura Victoria 9:30
2
02 - William Penn Read by Laura Victoria 8:37
3
03 - John Paul Jones Read by Laura Victoria 11:25
4
04 - John Singleton Copley Read by Laura Victoria 9:43
5
05 - Benjamin Franklin Read by Laura Victoria 11:02
6
06 - Louis Agassiz Read by Laura Victoria 9:16
7
07 - Dorothea Lynde Dix Read by Laura Victoria 9:18
8
08 - Ulysses Simpson Grant Read by Laura Victoria 14:19
9
09 - Clara Barton Read by Laura Victoria 6:53
10
10 - Abraham Lincoln Read by Laura Victoria 11:26
11
11 - Robert Edward Lee Read by Laura Victoria 7:46
12
12 - John James Audubon Read by Laura Victoria 8:53
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13 - Robert Fulton Read by Laura Victoria 10:42
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14 - George Peabody Read by Laura Victoria 9:19
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15 - Daniel Webster Read by Laura Victoria 8:43
16
16 - Augustus St. Gaudens Read by Laura Victoria 10:17
17
17 - Henry David Thoreau Read by Laura Victoria 9:21
18
18 - Louisa May Alcott Read by Laura Victoria 6:47
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19 - Samuel Finley Breese Morse Read by Laura Victoria 10:37
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20 - William Hickling Prescott Read by Laura Victoria 10:23
21
21 - Phillips Brooks Read by Laura Victoria 8:45
22
22 - Samuel Clemens Read by Laura Victoria 8:09
23
23 - Joe Jefferson Read by Laura Victoria 9:42
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24 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Read by Laura Victoria 8:00
25
25 - James McNeill Whistler Read by Laura Victoria 11:56
26
26 - Ralph Waldo Emerson Read by Laura Victoria 7:50
27
27 - Jane Addams Read by Laura Victoria 8:15
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28 - Luther Burbank Read by Laura Victoria 7:52
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29 - Edward Alexander MacDowell Read by Laura Victoria 7:20
30
30 - Thomas Alva Edison Read by Laura Victoria 10:27
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