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"Some succeed while others fail. This is a recognized fact; yet history tells us that seven-tenths of our most successful men began life poor." A selection of mini-biographies teaches us how some successful men have overcome odds to make their mark on history. (Summary by Lynne Thompson; quote from Introduction) (16 hr 38 min)

Chapters

Preface, Introduction, Quotations

7:13

Read by Lynne T

Daniel Drew

5:52

Read by Lynne T

Russell Sage

4:07

Read by Lynne T

Cornelius Vanderbilt

9:36

Read by Lynne T

Amos Lawrence

10:25

Read by TriciaG

Horace B. Claflin

3:31

Read by TriciaG

William E. Dodge

3:59

Read by Greg Giordano

Jay Gould

14:45

Read by Mike Pelton

John Wannamaker

4:22

Read by Mike Pelton

Alexander T. Stewart

8:03

Read by Mike Pelton

Nicholas Longworth

4:40

Read by Mike Pelton

Robert Bonner

4:46

Read by Deon Gines

William G. Fargo

3:08

Read by Deon Gines

James C. Flood

5:20

Read by Deon Gines

John W. MacKay

5:05

Read by Deon Gines

James C. Fair

11:55

Read by shawnzhu

Horace Greeley

16:02

Read by Chessie Joy

Thurlow Weed

7:02

Read by Chessie Joy

George W. Childs

10:47

Read by Mike Pelton

James Gordon Bennett

7:59

Read by Mike Pelton

Phineas T. Barnum

4:15

Read by Greg Giordano

Matthew Vassar

3:28

Read by Mike Pelton

John Jacob Astor

4:40

Read by Tom Merritt

Potter Palmer

4:04

Read by Tom Merritt

James Harper

7:55

Read by Tom Merritt

Henry Disston

3:38

Read by Tom Merritt

Peter Cooper

8:29

Read by Deon Gines

George Law

3:39

Read by Deon Gines

Darius O. Mills

4:41

Read by Deon Gines

Stephen Girard

8:53

Read by Lynne T

Moses Taylor

3:45

Read by Deon Gines

William C. Ralston

6:59

Read by Deon Gines

George Peabody

7:01

Read by Deon Gines

William W. Corcoran

5:11

Read by Deon Gines

Nathan Mayer Rothschild

10:03

Read by Deon Gines

John Adams, Part 1

36:33

Read by Lynne T

John Adams, Part 2

42:02

Read by Arnie Horton

Thomas Jefferson

14:40

Read by Tom Merritt

John Marshall

7:50

Read by Lynne T

Alexander Hamilton

8:22

Read by Greg Giordano

James Madison

32:03

Read by Mike Pelton

James Monroe

11:49

Read by Greg Giordano

Lewis Cass

4:05

Read by Etel Buss

John C. Calhoun

13:26

Read by Kevin W. Davidson

Robert Y. Hayne

5:06

Read by Etel Buss

Daniel Webster

33:07

Read by Greg Giordano

Andrew Jackson

20:17

Read by Jill Engle

Thomas H. Benton

14:09

Read by Greg Giordano

Henry Clay

10:30

Read by Greg Giordano

Martin Van Buren

8:13

Read by Greg Giordano

Stephen Arnold Douglass

6:42

Read by Tom Merritt

Abbott Lawrence

3:08

Read by Tom Merritt

Alexander H. Stephens

20:34

Read by Tom Merritt

Millard Fillmore

7:07

Read by Etel Buss

William H. Seward

11:21

Read by Tom Merritt

Horatio Seymour

6:57

Read by Greg Giordano

Winfield S. Hancock

7:46

Read by Lynne T

George B. McClellan

4:53

Read by Tom Merritt

Ulysses Simpson Grant

7:51

Read by Jill Engle

Stonewall Jackson

5:29

Read by Tom Merritt

General Robert E. Lee

8:46

Read by Tom Merritt

Henry Wilson

4:55

Read by Etel Buss

Abraham Lincoln

29:54

Read by Jill Engle

Edward Everett

10:06

Read by Tom Merritt

Edwin M. Stanton

11:57

Read by Tom Merritt

Andrew Johnson

8:59

Read by Tom Merritt

James A. Garfield

15:49

Read by Greg Giordano

Chester A. Arthur

8:09

Read by Greg Giordano

John A. Logan

10:32

Read by John Lieder

James G. Blaine, Part 1

27:40

Read by Mike Pelton

James G. Blaine, Part 2

41:43

Read by Mike Pelton

Samuel J. Tilden

13:53

Read by Dan Darbandi

Henry Ward Beecher

23:39

Read by DPranitis

James Watt

12:32

Read by Availle

George Stephenson

15:42

Read by Garth Burton

Benjamin Franklin

12:47

Read by Tom Merritt

Eli Whitney

3:29

Read by Tom Merritt

Robert Fulton

12:54

Read by Greg Giordano

Elias Howe, Jnr.

17:16

Read by Tom Merritt

Isaac M. Singer

5:30

Read by Garth Burton

Richard M. Hoe

7:31

Read by Garth Burton

Charles Goodyear

8:53

Read by Tom Merritt

Professor S.F.B. Morse

10:51

Read by Availle

Cyrus W. Field

11:30

Read by Lynne T

George M. Pullman

7:06

Read by David Olson

Thomas A. Edison

8:52

Read by Availle

Success And Failure

10:43

Read by Availle

Concentration Of Effort

9:10

Read by Availle

Self-Reliance

11:05

Read by Availle

Economy Of Time

7:28

Read by Availle

Causes Of Failure

29:49

Read by Availle