Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers, credited to J. Walker McSpadden, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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

LibriVox recording of Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers, by J. Walker McSpadden. These 12 stories give a personal portrait of twelve famous soldiers from the past two centuries. Each story explores the early life of the soldier —to trace his career up from boyhood through the formative years. Such data serves to explain the great soldier of later years. Summary compiled from the preface of the book. (Summary by philchenevert)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers
• Author credits: J. Walker McSpadden
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 6:06:22

Catalogue topics

• Adventure
• Biography
• History
• Teen/Young adult
• War stories

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 00 - Preface — 2:56
2. 01 - Washington, Part 1 — 13:26
3. 02 - Washington, Part 2 — 15:59
4. 03 - Grant, Part 1 — 19:53
5. 04 - Grant, Part 2 — 19:13
6. 05 - Lee, Part 1 — 20:32
7. 06 - Lee, Part 2 — 18:15
8. 07 - Napoleon, Part 1 — 15:29
9. 08 - Napoleon, Part 2 — 14:13
10. 09 - Wellington, Part 1 — 15:00
11. 10 - Wellington, Part 2 — 17:40
12. 11 - Gordon, Part 1 — 17:45
13. 12 - Gordon, Part 2 — 17:46
14. 13 - Roberts, Part 1 — 11:54
15. 14 - Roberts, Part 2 — 13:07
16. 15 - Kitchener, Part 1 — 16:02
17. 16 - Kitchener, Part 2 — 18:20
18. 17 - Haig, Part 1 — 10:22
19. 18 - Haig, Part 2 — 11:53
20. 19 - Joffre, part 1 — 11:28
21. 20 - Joffre, part 2 — 11:51
22. 21 - Foche, Part 1 — 10:33
23. 22 - Foche, Part 2 — 12:32
24. 23 - Pershing, Part 1 — 13:37

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