Hero Tales from History: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Hero Tales from History, credited to Smith Burnham, 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 History by Smith Burnham. Read in English by Larry Wilson; Philip Watson; LikeManyWaters; Wayne Cooke; Ciufi Galeazzi; John; Elijah Fisher; Markus Milla Zuefle; BettyB; Rita Boutros; Ruth P.; Elisabeth Holland; David Yu; Utek; Marilyn Rakes; Allan R. Tate; ChadH94; KevinS; Sam Collier This volume celebrates stories of great heroes from the pages of history from Moses and David through Clara Barton and Henry Longfellow. It is divided into nine sections: Mighty Men of Long Ago, Heroes of the Middle Ages, Four Leaders in the Old World, Discoverers and Explorers, Colonists and Pioneers, Patriots of the Revolution, Winners of the West, Famous Inventors, and The Greatest Americans, It is written from a distinct Western and American point of view, but each chapter is a short summary of these people deemed “heroes.” John Burnham was chair of the History and Social Sciences Department at Western State Normal School and Western State Teachers College. He was a nationally known history and social studies educator, and author or co-author of six elementary and secondary U.S. history textbooks that were widely used throughout the United States during the 1920s and 1930 - Summary by Larry Wilson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Hero Tales from History
• Author credits: Smith Burnham
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 62
• Listed recording duration: 10:50:13

Catalogue topics

• Sir Walter Raleigh
• Shakespeare
• Charlemagne
• homer
• alexander
• socrates
• Columbus
• Cromwell

Opening tracks: first 24 of 62

1. 00 - Preface — 3:10
2. 01 - Moses, The Greatest Law-giver, and the Meekest Man — 8:30
3. 02 - David, The Giant-killer King — 6:26
4. 03 - Homer, The Hero Poet of Ancient Greece — 8:28
5. 04 - Socrates, The "Grand Old Man" of Greece — 6:57
6. 05 - Alexander, The Boy Who Conquered the World — 7:04
7. 06 - Four Familiar Sayings of Julius Caesar — 10:43
8. 07 - The Christmas Crowning of Charlemagne — 7:34
9. 08 - Alfred, The Greatest of the Saxon Kings — 8:16
10. 09 - How William of Normandy Conquered a Kingdom — 10:08
11. 10 - Lion-hearted Richard and Wolf-hearted John — 7:47
12. 11 - Joan of Arc and the Lilies of France — 9:55
13. 12 - Shakespeare, The Greatest Maker of Plays — 5:05
14. 13 - How Cromwell Changed Places with the King — 7:19
15. 14 - Napoleon, The Corsican Boy Who Ruled Europe — 11:31
16. 15 - Nelson, The Hero of Trafalgar — 11:48
17. 16 - Columbus, the Map-maker Who Found a New World — 12:05
18. 17 - Magellan, The Man of the Straits — 10:33
19. 18 - Cortes, The Conqueror — 12:16
20. 19 - De Soto, A Gold Hunter in Southern Swamps — 12:09
21. 20 - Sir Francis Drake, England's First Great Sailor — 13:06
22. 21 - Sir Walter Raleigh, The Favorite of Good Queen Bess — 9:38
23. 22 - Henry Hudson, The Man Who Put Himself on the Map — 8:15
24. 23 - La Salle And The Mouth of The Mississippi — 12:25

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