A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines
Clayton Edwards
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It would be pleasant indeed to gather the characters of this book together and listen to the conversation of wholly different but interested couples—for this is a book of contrasts and has been written as such. Lives of the most dramatic and adventurous quality have been gathered from all corners of the earth, and from every age in history, in such a way that they may cover the widest possible variety of human experience.
The publishers believe that such a book would not be complete without some characters that are no less real because they have lived only in the minds of men. No explanation is needed for semi-historical characters like King Arthur, Robin Hood and William Tell, while Don Quixote, the Prince of Madness, and Rip Van Winkle, the Prince of Laziness, have been included, not because they were essentially heroic in themselves (although Don Quixote might well have claimed the laurel) but because they became heroes in the opinion of others through the very qualities that brought about their downfall. As involuntary heroes, they furnish a pleasant contrast to the more serious, actual and transcendental figures of saints, martyrs, warriors, discoverers and statesmen with which these pages are filled; they enrich the "Treasury," widen its range of colors and perform the necessary function of court jesters in the Hall of Fame. (Summary From the Preface) (11 hr 40 min)
Chapters
Buddha | 28:43 | Read by Lucretia B. |
Julius Caesar | 30:02 | Read by Craig Gulliver |
Saint Patrick | 12:32 | Read by Debra |
King Arthur of Britain | 22:11 | Read by David Barnes |
Mohammed | 22:56 | Read by Jeannie Tirado |
Alfred the Great | 31:15 | Read by John W. Michaels |
Robin Hood | 12:05 | Read by Eden Rea-Hedrick |
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary | 16:09 | Read by Timothy Ferguson |
Dante | 19:46 | Read by Dave Wills |
Robert Bruce | 24:57 | Read by Dan Craig |
Jeanne D'Arc | 27:02 | Read by Mich_elle |
Christopher Columbus | 28:57 | Read by Inah Derby |
William the Silent | 23:53 | Read by Dave Wills |
Queen Elizabeth of England | 22:27 | Read by CaprishaPage |
Sir Francis Drake | 23:45 | Read by Dave Wills |
Henry Hudson | 20:49 | Read by Mike Pelton |
Peter the Great | 17:43 | Read by Availle |
George Washington | 35:03 | Read by Timothy Luke |
John Paul Jones | 21:12 | Read by Mike Pelton |
Molly Pitcher | 11:53 | Read by kindfish |
Napoleon Bonaparte | 36:43 | Read by Mike Pelton |
Giuseppe Garibaldi | 15:45 | Read by Debra |
Abraham Lincoln | 30:49 | Read by Timothy Luke |
Grace Darling | 13:36 | Read by Muriel |
Florence Nightingale | 15:17 | Read by kindfish |
Father Damien | 12:51 | Read by Debra |
Catherine Breshkovsky | 20:36 | Read by Availle |
Theodore Roosevelt | 19:34 | Read by Debra |
Edith Cavell | 11:57 | Read by Tamara R. Schwartz |
King Albert of Belgium | 19:22 | Read by Nyssa E. Schmidt |
Maria Botchkareva | 20:46 | Read by Availle |
William Tell | 15:46 | Read by weirdone30 |
Don Quixote | 13:52 | Read by Eden Rea-Hedrick |
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but budha was born in nepal not in india.
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