American Leaders and Heroes: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

American Leaders and Heroes, credited to Wilbur F. Gordy, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of American Leaders and Heroes by Wilbur F. Gordy. Read in English by Larry Wilson; Ethan Voth; Piotr Nater; michaelnelson14356; Tatiana Chichilla; B.T. Sullivan; Kyle Donelan; Andrew Gaunce; Margaret; Wayne Cooke; Tommy Aguilar; Chad Jackson; Alan Mapstone; KevinS; BettyB; Ciufi Galeazzi; Hannah Yu Historian Wilbur F. Gordy presents short chapters on well-known American figures from the viewpoint of the early twentieth century, including explorers, political leaders, military figures and inventors. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Recording facts

• Recording title: American Leaders and Heroes
• Author credits: Wilbur F. Gordy
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 27
• Listed recording duration: 6:20:52

Catalogue topics

• explorers
• American history
• presidents
• inventors

Opening tracks: first 24 of 27

1. 00 - Preface — 4:16
2. 01 - Christopher Columbus and the Discovery Of America 1436-1506 — 22:12
3. 02 - Hernando De Soto and the Discovery of the Mississippi 1500-1542 — 10:47
4. 03 - Sir Walter Raleigh and the First English Attempts to Colonize America 1552-1618 — 13:26
5. 04 - John Smith and the Settlement of Jamestown 1579-1631 — 14:48
6. 05 - Nathaniel Bacon and the Uprising of the People in Virginia in 1676 1647-1676 — 10:03
7. 06 - Miles Standish and the Pilgrims 1584-1656 — 21:02
8. 07 - Roger Williams and the Puritans 1599-1683 — 10:15
9. 08 - William Penn and the Settlement of Pennsylvania 1644-1718 — 13:26
10. 09 - Cavelier De La Salle and the French in the Mississippi Valley 1643-1687 — 15:06
11. 10 - George Washington, the Boy Surveyor and Young Soldier 1732-1799 — 22:58
12. 11 - James Wolfe, the Hero of 1727-1759 — 10:27
13. 12 - Patrick Henry and the Stamp Act 1736-1799 — 12:51
14. 13 - Samuel Adams and the Boston Tea Party 1722-1803 — 9:23
15. 14 - Paul Revere and the Battle of Concord and Lexington 1735-1818 — 11:52
16. 15 - Benjamin Franklin and Aid from France 1706-1790 — 15:31
17. 16 - George Washington, the Virginia Planter and the Revolutionary Soldier 1732-1799 — 25:37
18. 17 - Nathaniel Greene, the Hero of the South, and Francis Marion, the ''Swamp Fox,'' 1742-1786 — 12:37
19. 18 - Daniel Boone, the Kentucky Pioneer 1735-1820 — 13:29
20. 19 - Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase 1743-1826 — 12:48
21. 20 - Robert Fulton and the Steamboat, Fulton 1765-1815 — 10:05
22. 21 - Andrew Jackson, the Upholder of the Union 1767-1845 — 12:37
23. 22 - Daniel Webster, the Defender and Expounder of the Constitution 1782-1852 — 12:36
24. 23 - Samuel Finley Breese Morse and the Electric Telegraph 1791-1872 — 12:34

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