Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12: American Leaders: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12: American Leaders, 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 12: American Leaders by John Lord. Read in English by KHand A continuation of United States history, Volume 12 discusses key US leaders in the time up to and including the Civil War. In this volume are presented Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee. As noted in the Publisher's Preface, the discussion regarding Lee was written by Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews from the University of Nebraska. - Summary by KHand

Recording facts

• Recording title: Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12: American Leaders
• Author credits: John Lord
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 7:10:50

Catalogue topics

• civil war
• Abraham Lincoln
• United States history
• Robert E. Lee

Track guide

1. 00 - Publisher's Preface — 2:15
2. 01 - Andrew Jackson, Part 1 — 19:24
3. 02 - Andrew Jackson, Part 2 — 19:53
4. 03 - Andrew Jackson, Part 3 — 20:53
5. 04 - Andrew Jackson, Part 4 — 18:00
6. 05 - Henry Clay, Part 1 — 19:56
7. 06 - Henry Clay, Part 2 — 18:01
8. 07 - Henry Clay, Part 3 — 18:26
9. 08 - Henry Clay, Part 4 — 16:25
10. 09 - Daniel Webster, Part 1 — 20:13
11. 10 - Daniel Webster, Part 2 — 17:19
12. 11 - Daniel Webster, Part 3 — 21:32
13. 12 - John C. Calhoun, Part 1 — 21:50
14. 13 - John C. Calhoun, Part 2 — 22:59
15. 14 - John C. Calhoun, Part 3 — 23:11
16. 15 - Abraham Lincoln, Part 1 — 20:11
17. 16 - Abraham Lincoln, Part 2 — 20:04
18. 17 - Abraham Lincoln, Part 3 — 20:07
19. 18 - Abraham Lincoln, Part 4 — 19:43
20. 19 - Abraham Lincoln, Part 5 — 22:05
21. 20 - Robert E. Lee, Part 1 — 20:43
22. 21 - Robert E. Lee, Part 2 — 27:39

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