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Hero Tales from History

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This volume celebrates stories of great heroes from the pages of history from Moses and David through Clara Barton and Henry Longfellow. It is divided into nine sections: Mighty Men of Long Ago, Heroes of the Middle Ages, Four Leaders in the Old World, Discoverers and Explorers, Colonists and Pioneers, Patriots of the Revolution, Winners of the West, Famous Inventors, and The Greatest Americans, It is written from a distinct Western and American point of view, but each chapter is a short summary of these people deemed “heroes.”
John Burnham was chair of the History and Social Sciences Department at Western State Normal School and Western State Teachers College. He was a nationally known history and social studies educator, and author or co-author of six elementary and secondary U.S. history textbooks that were widely used throughout the United States during the 1920s and 1930
- Summary by Larry Wilson (10 hr 50 min)

Chapters

Preface

3:10

Read by Larry Wilson

Moses, The Greatest Law-giver, and the Meekest Man

8:30

Read by Larry Wilson

David, The Giant-killer King

6:26

Read by Larry Wilson

Homer, The Hero Poet of Ancient Greece

8:28

Read by Philip Watson

Socrates, The "Grand Old Man" of Greece

6:57

Read by Philip Watson

Alexander, The Boy Who Conquered the World

7:04

Read by Philip Watson

Four Familiar Sayings of Julius Caesar

10:43

Read by Philip Watson

The Christmas Crowning of Charlemagne

7:34

Read by Philip Watson

Alfred, The Greatest of the Saxon Kings

8:16

Read by LikeManyWaters

How William of Normandy Conquered a Kingdom

10:08

Read by Wayne Cooke

Lion-hearted Richard and Wolf-hearted John

7:47

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Joan of Arc and the Lilies of France

9:55

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Shakespeare, The Greatest Maker of Plays

5:05

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

How Cromwell Changed Places with the King

7:19

Read by John

Napoleon, The Corsican Boy Who Ruled Europe

11:31

Read by Elijah Fisher

Nelson, The Hero of Trafalgar

11:48

Read by John

Columbus, the Map-maker Who Found a New World

12:05

Read by Markus Milla Zuefle

Magellan, The Man of the Straits

10:33

Read by Markus Milla Zuefle

Cortes, The Conqueror

12:16

Read by Markus Milla Zuefle

De Soto, A Gold Hunter in Southern Swamps

12:09

Read by Markus Milla Zuefle

Sir Francis Drake, England's First Great Sailor

13:06

Read by Wayne Cooke

Sir Walter Raleigh, The Favorite of Good Queen Bess

9:38

Read by Elijah Fisher

Henry Hudson, The Man Who Put Himself on the Map

8:15

Read by BettyB

La Salle And The Mouth of The Mississippi

12:25

Read by Rita Boutros

Livingstone, The White Man of the Dark Continent

22:03

Read by Ruth P.

Peary, A Hero of the Great White North

13:17

Read by LikeManyWaters

John Smith, The Captain of Many Adventures

9:28

Read by Elisabeth Holland

Champlain, The Father of New France

18:59

Read by Rita Boutros

Myles Standish, The Brave Little Captain of Plymouth

19:12

Read by Elisabeth Holland

John Winthrop, A Puritan Maker of Massachusetts

12:51

Read by Rita Boutros

Roger Williams, A Minister Who Lived the Golden Rule

6:38

Read by LikeManyWaters

Lord Baltimore, Calvert and Claiborne, The Three Fathers of Maryland

9:38

Read by Rita Boutros

William Penn, The Founder of Pennsylvania

6:34

Read by BettyB

Patrick Henry, The "Firebrand of the Revolution"

6:10

Read by David Yu

Nathan Hale, Who Spoke the Bravest Words in History

14:34

Read by Rita Boutros

Lafayette, The Boy Hero of Two Worlds

11:37

Read by BettyB

The Immortal Reply of John Paul Jones

17:04

Read by Rita Boutros

General Marion, The Carolina "Swamp Fox"

11:14

Read by Wayne Cooke

Wolfe and Montcalm, The Rival Heroes of Quebec

18:30

Read by Utek

Daniel Boone, The Great Indian Fighter of Kentucky

12:32

Read by Marilyn Rakes

George Rogers Clark, The Young Hero with a Great Idea

12:36

Read by BettyB

Lewis and Clark, Two Adventurers in the Far West

18:06

Read by LikeManyWaters

Davy Crockett, The Hero of the Alamo

15:03

Read by Elisabeth Holland

How Eli Whitney Made Cotton King

6:09

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Fulton's Folly

7:10

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

How Morse Sent Letters by Lightning

8:20

Read by Allan R. Tate

Cyrus H. M'cormick and the Story of the Reaper

5:38

Read by Wayne Cooke

Elias Howe and His Sewing Machine

4:18

Read by BettyB

Edison, The Wizard of Many Inventions

9:12

Read by LikeManyWaters

Benjamin Franklin, The Boy Who Was Diligent in Business

7:55

Read by BettyB

George Washington and His Mother

7:37

Read by BettyB

Alexander Hamilton, The Orphan Boy from the West Indies

13:04

Read by BettyB

Thomas Jefferson, The Father of Democracy

8:16

Read by BettyB

Andrew Jackson, America's Most Popular Hero

9:01

Read by ChadH94

Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Three Great Champions in Congress

11:29

Read by KevinS

The Kind Heart of Abraham Lincoln

8:34

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Ulysses S. Grant, The General Who Hated War

14:31

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

The Noble Soul of Robert E. Lee

10:58

Read by Sam Collier

Davy Farragut, The Hero of Mobile Bay

11:22

Read by Wayne Cooke

The Strenuous Life of Roosevelt

9:14

Read by BettyB

Clara Barton, "The Angel of the Battlefield"

10:06

Read by BettyB

Henry W. Longfellow, The American Children's Poet

10:05

Read by Wayne Cooke

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Learned a lot of history that I didn’t know