Hero Tales from American History: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Hero Tales from American History, credited to Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt, 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 Hero Tales from American History, by Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt. Read by David Leeson. Its purpose … is to tell in simple fashion the story of some Americans who showed that they knew how to live and how to die; who proved their truth by their endeavor; and who joined to the stern and manly qualities which are essential to the well-being of a masterful race the virtues of gentleness, of patriotism, and of lofty adherence to an ideal. It is a good thing for all Americans … to remember the men who have given their lives in war and peace to the service of their fellow-countrymen, and to keep in mind the feats of daring and personal prowess done in time past by some of the many champions of the nation in the various crises of her history. (Summary from the book’s dedication.)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Hero Tales from American History
• Author credits: Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 26
• Listed recording duration: 5:33:57

Catalogue topics

• history
• biography
• united states

Opening tracks: first 24 of 26

1. 01 - Washington — 18:12
2. 02 - Daniel Boone and the Founding of Kentucky — 10:22
3. 03 - George Rogers Clark and the Conquest of the Northwest — 13:04
4. 04 - The Battle of Trenton — 12:30
5. 05 - Bennington — 10:21
6. 06 - King's Mountain — 8:58
7. 07 - The Storming of Stony Point — 10:55
8. 08 - Gouverneur Morris — 12:24
9. 09 - The Burning of the 'Philadelphia' — 12:11
10. 10 - The Cruise of the 'Wasp' — 12:29
11. 11 - The 'General Armstrong' Privateer — 8:45
12. 12 - The Battle of New Orleans — 9:48
13. 13 - John Quincy Adams and the Right of Petition — 10:00
14. 14 - Francis Parkman — 10:50
15. 15 - 'Remember the Alamo' — 10:08
16. 16 - Hampton Roads — 13:14
17. 17 - The Flag-Bearer — 15:30
18. 18 - The Death of Stonewall Jackson — 12:02
19. 19 - The Charge at Gettysburg — 11:34
20. 20 - General Grant and the Vicksburg Campaign — 12:06
21. 21 - Robert Gould Shaw — 13:12
22. 22 - Charles Russell Lowell — 21:33
23. 23 - Sheridan at Cedar Creek — 11:18
24. 24 - Lieutenant Cushing and the Ram 'Albemarle' — 8:50

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