Biographies of Working Men: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Biographies of Working Men, credited to Grant Allen, 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 Biographies of Working Men by Grant Allen. Read in English by NoelBadrian. Grant Allen was an anthropologist, scientific writer, novelist and poet, though the biographer and writer Frank Harris has said of him that "He could be described with more 'ists' than anyone else I ever saw. He was an atheist and pacifist and socialist, a botanist and zoologist and optimist, a chemist and physicist, a scientist of scientists, a monist, meliorist and hedonist…". As a novelist, he is noted as a pioneer in both the detective and science fiction genres. He was born in Canada but spent the latter part of his life in England. "Biographies of Working Men" is a volume containing brief biographies of seven men from working class backgrounds who went on to excel in their chosen fields. They are: Thomas Telford, George Stephenson, John Gibson, William Herschel, Jean François Millet, James Garfield and Thomas Edward. - Summary by Noel Badrian.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Biographies of Working Men
• Author credits: Grant Allen
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 14
• Listed recording duration: 5:51:31

Catalogue topics

• biography
• 19th century
• labour
• working class

Track guide

1. 01 - Thomas Telford, Stonemason - Part 1 — 22:12
2. 02 - Thomas Telford, Stonemason - Part 2 — 23:00
3. 03 - George Stephenson, Engine-man - Part 1 — 26:10
4. 04 - George Stephenson, Engine-man - Part 2 — 28:38
5. 05 - John Gibson, sculptor - Part 1 — 29:03
6. 06 - John Gibson, sculptor - Part 2 — 25:56
7. 07 - William Herschel, bandsman - Part 1 — 24:05
8. 08 - William Herschel, bandsman - Part 2 — 25:17
9. 09 - Jean François Millet, painter - Part 1 — 21:45
10. 10 - Jean François Millet, painter - Part 2 — 19:09
11. 11 - James Garfield, canal boy - Part 1 — 28:20
12. 12 - James Garfield, canal boy - Part 2 — 26:11
13. 13 - Thomas Edward, shoemaker - Part 1 — 25:29
14. 14 - Thomas Edward, shoemaker - Part 2 — 26:16

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