Hero Tales from History

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English · 1922 · 10h 50m · Biography & Autobiography

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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

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Preface 3:10 Lu par Larry Wilson
Moses, The Greatest Law-giver, and the Meekest Man 8:30 Lu par Larry Wilson
David, The Giant-killer King 6:26 Lu par Larry Wilson
Homer, The Hero Poet of Ancient Greece 8:28 Lu par Philip Watson
Socrates, The "Grand Old Man" of Greece 6:57 Lu par Philip Watson
Alexander, The Boy Who Conquered the World 7:04 Lu par Philip Watson
Four Familiar Sayings of Julius Caesar 10:43 Lu par Philip Watson
The Christmas Crowning of Charlemagne 7:34 Lu par Philip Watson
Alfred, The Greatest of the Saxon Kings 8:16 Lu par LikeManyWaters
How William of Normandy Conquered a Kingdom 10:08 Lu par Wayne Cooke
Lion-hearted Richard and Wolf-hearted John 7:47 Lu par Ciufi Galeazzi
Joan of Arc and the Lilies of France 9:55 Lu par Ciufi Galeazzi
Shakespeare, The Greatest Maker of Plays 5:05 Lu par Ciufi Galeazzi
How Cromwell Changed Places with the King 7:19 Lu par John
Napoleon, The Corsican Boy Who Ruled Europe 11:31 Lu par Elijah Fisher
Nelson, The Hero of Trafalgar 11:48 Lu par John
Columbus, the Map-maker Who Found a New World 12:05 Lu par Markus Milla Zuefle
Magellan, The Man of the Straits 10:33 Lu par Markus Milla Zuefle
Cortes, The Conqueror 12:16 Lu par Markus Milla Zuefle
De Soto, A Gold Hunter in Southern Swamps 12:09 Lu par Markus Milla Zuefle
Sir Francis Drake, England's First Great Sailor 13:06 Lu par Wayne Cooke
Sir Walter Raleigh, The Favorite of Good Queen Bess 9:38 Lu par Elijah Fisher
Henry Hudson, The Man Who Put Himself on the Map 8:15 Lu par BettyB
La Salle And The Mouth of The Mississippi 12:25 Lu par Rita Boutros
Livingstone, The White Man of the Dark Continent 22:03 Lu par Ruth P.
Peary, A Hero of the Great White North 13:17 Lu par LikeManyWaters
John Smith, The Captain of Many Adventures 9:28 Lu par Elisabeth Holland
Champlain, The Father of New France 18:59 Lu par Rita Boutros
Myles Standish, The Brave Little Captain of Plymouth 19:12 Lu par Elisabeth Holland
John Winthrop, A Puritan Maker of Massachusetts 12:51 Lu par Rita Boutros
Roger Williams, A Minister Who Lived the Golden Rule 6:38 Lu par LikeManyWaters
Lord Baltimore, Calvert and Claiborne, The Three Fathers of Maryland 9:38 Lu par Rita Boutros
William Penn, The Founder of Pennsylvania 6:34 Lu par BettyB
Patrick Henry, The "Firebrand of the Revolution" 6:10 Lu par David Yu
Nathan Hale, Who Spoke the Bravest Words in History 14:34 Lu par Rita Boutros
Lafayette, The Boy Hero of Two Worlds 11:37 Lu par BettyB
The Immortal Reply of John Paul Jones 17:04 Lu par Rita Boutros
General Marion, The Carolina "Swamp Fox" 11:14 Lu par Wayne Cooke
Wolfe and Montcalm, The Rival Heroes of Quebec 18:30 Lu par Utek
Daniel Boone, The Great Indian Fighter of Kentucky 12:32 Lu par Marilyn Rakes
George Rogers Clark, The Young Hero with a Great Idea 12:36 Lu par BettyB
Lewis and Clark, Two Adventurers in the Far West 18:06 Lu par LikeManyWaters
Davy Crockett, The Hero of the Alamo 15:03 Lu par Elisabeth Holland
How Eli Whitney Made Cotton King 6:09 Lu par Ciufi Galeazzi
Fulton's Folly 7:10 Lu par Ciufi Galeazzi
How Morse Sent Letters by Lightning 8:20 Lu par Allan R. Tate
Cyrus H. M'cormick and the Story of the Reaper 5:38 Lu par Wayne Cooke
Elias Howe and His Sewing Machine 4:18 Lu par BettyB
Edison, The Wizard of Many Inventions 9:12 Lu par LikeManyWaters
Benjamin Franklin, The Boy Who Was Diligent in Business 7:55 Lu par BettyB
George Washington and His Mother 7:37 Lu par BettyB
Alexander Hamilton, The Orphan Boy from the West Indies 13:04 Lu par BettyB
Thomas Jefferson, The Father of Democracy 8:16 Lu par BettyB
Andrew Jackson, America's Most Popular Hero 9:01 Lu par ChadH94
Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Three Great Champions in Congress 11:29 Lu par KevinS
The Kind Heart of Abraham Lincoln 8:34 Lu par Ciufi Galeazzi
Ulysses S. Grant, The General Who Hated War 14:31 Lu par Ciufi Galeazzi
The Noble Soul of Robert E. Lee 10:58 Lu par Sam Collier
Davy Farragut, The Hero of Mobile Bay 11:22 Lu par Wayne Cooke
The Strenuous Life of Roosevelt 9:14 Lu par BettyB
Clara Barton, "The Angel of the Battlefield" 10:06 Lu par BettyB
Henry W. Longfellow, The American Children's Poet 10:05 Lu par Wayne Cooke

Critiques


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Learned a lot of history that I didn’t know