A Half Century of Conflict: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Half Century of Conflict, credited to Francis Parkman, Jr., is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of A Half Century of Conflict by Francis Parkman, Jr.. Read in English by Richard Carpenter; Jeff Hively; Brendan Stallard; Josh Kirsh; Phil Schempf; deongines Francis Parkman (1823-1893) is one of the great nineteenth century United States historians along with William Prescott, John Lothrop Motley, George Bancroft, and Henry Adams. Parkman has been hailed as one of America's great historians and as a master of narrative history. He is most known for his The Oregon Trail and his seven volume work on the history of the French and English in North America. A Half Century of Conflict is the sixth volume of the series but was the last to be published in 1892. It covers the period from 1700 to 1748. - Summary by Richard Carpenter

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Half Century of Conflict
• Author credits: Francis Parkman, Jr.
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 47
• Listed recording duration: 17:03:15

Catalogue topics

• history
• Colonial History
• History of France
• History of England
• history of canada
• history of new england

Opening tracks: first 24 of 47

1. 00 - Preface — 2:21
2. 01 - Chapter 1 — 19:27
3. 02 - Chapter 2 — 29:51
4. 03 - Chapter 3, Part 1 — 18:47
5. 04 - Chapter 3, Part 2 — 20:24
6. 05 - Chapter 4, Part 1 — 23:23
7. 06 - Chapter 4, Part 2 — 23:09
8. 07 - Chapter 4, Part 3 — 22:53
9. 08 - Chapter 5 — 22:29
10. 09 - Chapter 6 — 12:55
11. 10 - Chapter 7, Part 1 — 21:47
12. 11 - Chapter 7, Part 2 — 21:12
13. 12 - Chapter 8, Part 1 — 15:31
14. 13 - Chapter 8, Part 2 — 23:57
15. 14 - Chapter 9, Part 1 — 26:49
16. 15 - Chapter 9, Part 2 — 24:36
17. 16 - Chapter 10, Part 1 — 24:17
18. 17 - Chapter 10, Part 2 — 24:06
19. 18 - Chapter 10, Part 3 — 19:22
20. 19 - Chapter 11, Part 1 — 18:51
21. 20 - Chapter 11, Part 2 — 18:02
22. 21 - Chapter 12, Part 1 — 24:46
23. 22 - Chapter 12, Part 2 — 24:40
24. 23 - Chapter 13, Part 1 — 19:25

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