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

Great Epochs in American History, Volume III, 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 III by Francis Whiting Halsey. Read in English by BettyB; Jason Anderson; Siler Weaver; velo26; Tatiana Chichilla; Greg Giordano; Lynda Marie Neilson; Louis Hehman; Bob Lyon; Jddykst; Kristen Taylor; Larry Wilson; Ciufi Galeazzi; thestorygirl; Bill Mosley; J. M. Smallheer; Phil Schempf; VTDave; Paul Harvey This is the third 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 III describes the French war and the Revolution and covers time period from 1745 to 1782. - Summary by Kikisaulite

Recording facts

• Recording title: Great Epochs in American History, Volume III
• Author credits: Francis Whiting Halsey
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 32
• Listed recording duration: 6:15:32

Catalogue topics

• history
• America
• the revolution

Opening tracks: first 24 of 32

1. 00 - Introduction by the Editor — 8:33
2. 01 - The Two Sieges of Louisburg (1745 anad 1758) by A.G. Bradley — 19:31
3. 02 - The Albany "Plan of Union" for the Colonies (1754) by Benjamin Franklin — 15:13
4. 03 - Washington's Expedition to the Ohio and the Battle of Great Meadows (1753-1754) I: by A.G. Bradley — 10:33
5. 04 - Washington's Expedition to the Ohio and the Battle of Great Meadows (1753-1754) II: Washington's own account — 13:37
6. 05 - The Defeat of Braddock (1755) I: by A.G. Bradley — 13:39
7. 06 - The Defeat of Braddock (1755) II: Washington's own account — 4:28
8. 07 - The Deportation of the Acadians of Nova Scotia (1755) by A.G. Bradley — 16:01
9. 08 - The Victory of Wolfe at Quebec (1759) by Captain John Knox — 19:15
10. 09 - The Stamp Act and Its Repeal (1765) by William E. H. Lecky — 20:23
11. 10 - Daniel Boone's Migration to Kentucky (1769-1775) I: by Theodore Roosevelt — 19:01
12. 11 - Daniel Boone's Migration to Kentucky (1769-1775) II: Boone's own account — 12:27
13. 12 - The Boston Tea party (1773) I: by George Bancroft — 10:01
14. 13 - The Boston Tea party (1773) II: Governor Hutchinson's Account — 6:15
15. 14 - Patrick Henry's Call to Arms (1775) by William Wirt — 12:30
16. 15 - Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill (1775) I: by William E. H. Lecky — 8:30
17. 16 - Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill (1775) II: William Emerson's Account of the Concord Fight — 5:08
18. 17 - Washington's Appointment as Commander-in-Chief (1775) by Washington Irving — 16:00
19. 18 - Washington's Capture of Boston (1776), Washington's own account — 8:22
20. 19 - The Drafting of "The Declaration of Independence" (1776) I: by James Parton — 14:35
21. 20 - The Drafting of "The Declaration of Independence" (1776) II: John Adams's Account — 6:33
22. 21 - Franklin in France by Sir George Trevelyan — 13:08
23. 22 - The Battles of Trenton and Princeton (1777) by William E. H. Lecky — 8:59
24. 23 - The Defeat of Burgoyne at Saratoga (1777) by Sir Edward Creasy — 18:14

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