Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11: American Founders: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11: American Founders, credited to John Lord, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11: American Founders by John Lord Read in English by KHand The eleventh volume of the Beacon Lights of History series, this volume is the first that directly refers to the United States. In this volume is found Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Adam, Thomas Jefferson and John Marshall. - Summary by KHand

Recording facts

• Recording title: Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11: American Founders
• Author credits: John Lord
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Listed recording duration: 6:59:53

Catalogue topics

• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin
• United States history
• john adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• alexander hamilton
• john marshall

Track guide

1. 00 - Publisher's Preface — 2:51
2. 01 - Preliminary Chapter, Part 1 — 18:23
3. 02 - Preliminary Chapter, Part 2 — 19:21
4. 03 - Benjamin Franklin, Part 1 — 21:17
5. 04 - Benjamin Franklin, Part 2 — 19:46
6. 05 - Benjamin Franklin, Part 3 — 19:06
7. 06 - George Washington, Part 1 — 20:10
8. 07 - George Washington, Part 2 — 20:10
9. 08 - George Washington, Part 3 — 19:31
10. 09 - George Washington, Part 4 — 22:02
11. 10 - Alexander Hamilton, Part 1 — 19:27
12. 11 - Alexander Hamilton, Part 2 — 20:46
13. 12 - Alexander Hamilton, Part 3 — 17:34
14. 13 - John Adams, Part 1 — 22:40
15. 14 - John Adams, Part 2 — 20:44
16. 15 - John Adams, Part 3 — 15:13
17. 16 - Thomas Jefferson, Part 1 — 22:09
18. 17 - Thomas Jefferson, Part 2 — 23:19
19. 18 - Thomas Jefferson, Part 3 — 22:29
20. 19 - John Marshall, Part 1 — 27:24
21. 20 - John Marshall, Part 2 — 25:31

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