Great Epochs in American History, Volume II: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Great Epochs in American History, Volume II, credited to Francis Whiting Halsey, 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 Great Epochs in American History, Volume II by Francis Whiting Halsey. Read in English by BettyB; Jddykst; Marcia Eppich-Harris; Bill Mosley; skgm1010 ; Michele Fry; Larry Wilson; Rita Boutros; realisticspeakers; H. Anne Schwarz; MFD32; Kyle Donelan; Ciufi Galeazzi; KevinS This is the second volume in ten volume series of great epochs in the history of the United States, from the landing of Columbus to the building of the Panama Canal. In large part, events composing each epoch are described by men who participated in them, or were personal eye-witnesses of them. Volume II describes first colonies in America and covers time period from 1562 to 1733. - Summary by Kikisaulite

Recording facts

• Recording title: Great Epochs in American History, Volume II
• Author credits: Francis Whiting Halsey
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 31
• Listed recording duration: 6:12:16

Opening tracks: first 24 of 31

1. 00 - Introduction — 8:23
2. 01 - The founding of St. Augustine and the massacre by Menendez (1562-1565) I: The account by John A. Doyle — 17:09
3. 02 - The founding of St. Augustine and the massacre by Menendez (1562-1565) II: Mendoza's account — 19:04
4. 03 - Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia colonies (1584-1587) I: The account by John A. Doyle — 12:05
5. 04 - Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia colonies II: The return of the colonists with Sir Francis Drake (1586) by Ralph Lane — 9:22
6. 05 - Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia colonies III: The birth of Virginia Dare (1587) by John White — 4:18
7. 06 - Bartholomew Gosnold's discovery of Cape Cod (1602) I: By Gabriel Archer, one of his companions — 14:00
8. 07 - Bartholomew Gosnold's discovery of Cape Cod (1602) II: Gosnold's own account — 4:58
9. 08 - The founding of Jamestown (1607) by Captain John Smith — 27:03
10. 09 - The first American legislative assembly (1619) by John Twine, its secretary — 12:48
11. 10 - The origin of negro slavery in America I: In the West Indies (1518) by Sir Arthur Helps — 8:37
12. 11 - The origin of negro slavery in America II: Its beginnings in the United States (1620) by John A. Doyle — 5:27
13. 12 - New England before the pilgrim fathers landed (1614) by captain John Smith — 17:55
14. 13 - The first voyage of the "Mayflower" (1620) by governor William Bradford — 23:48
15. 14 - The first New York settlements (1623-1628) by Nicholas Jean de Wassenaer — 8:49
16. 15 - The Swedes and Dutch in New Jersey and Delaware (1627) by Israel Acrelius — 15:22
17. 16 - The beginnings of the Massachusetts Bay colony (1627-1631) by governor Thomas Dudley — 9:22
18. 17 - How the Bay colony differed from Plymouth by John G. Palfrey — 10:03
19. 18 - Lord Baltimore in Maryland (1633) by contemporary writers — 8:43
20. 19 - Roger Williams in Rhode Island (1636) by Nathaniel Morton — 7:58
21. 20 - The founding of Connecticut (1633-1636) by Alexander Johnston — 16:31
22. 21 - Witchcraft in New England (1647-1696) by John G. Palfrey — 13:57
23. 22 - The English conquest of New York (1664) by John R. Brodhead — 18:11
24. 23 - Bacon's rebellion in Virginia (1676) by an anonymous writer — 14:52

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