Historic Boyhoods: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Historic Boyhoods, credited to Rupert S. Holland, 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 Historic Boyhoods by Rupert S. Holland. Most boys grow up to be honest, maybe even good, men, but do not stand out from the crowd. Occasionally, along comes a boy who is destined, either by character or circumstance, to make his mark on the world. In this work are included 21 biographical sketches of boys who became famous in the arts, affairs of state or exploration and discovery. Historical fact is blended with surmise and imagination to bring these boyhoods alive. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Historic Boyhoods
• Author credits: Rupert S. Holland
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Listed recording duration: 6:56:04

Catalogue topics

• exploration
• famous
• biographies
• boys
• affairs of state
• arts

Track guide

1. 01 - Christopher Columbus The Boy of Genoa: 1446(?)-1506 — 20:10
2. 02 - Michael Angelo The Boy of the Medici Gardens: 1475-1564 — 23:26
3. 03 - Walter Raleigh The Boy of Devon: 1552-1618 — 22:25
4. 04 - Peter the Great The Boy of the Kremlin: 1672-1725 — 19:25
5. 05 - Frederick the Great The Boy of Potsdam: 1712-1788 — 22:44
6. 06 - George Washington The Boy of the Old Dominion: 1732-1799 — 20:58
7. 07 - Daniel Boone The Boy of the Frontier: 1735-1820 — 19:41
8. 08 - John Paul Jones The Boy of the Atlantic: 1747-1792 — 16:34
9. 09 - Mozart The Boy of Salzburg: 1756-1791 — 21:12
10. 10 - Lafayette The Boy of Versailles: 1757-1834 — 22:18
11. 11 - Horatio Nelson The Boy of the Channel Fleet: 1758-1805 — 19:30
12. 12 - Robert Fulton The Boy of the Conestoga: 1765-1815 — 16:37
13. 13 - Andrew Jackson The Boy of the Carolinas: 1767-1845 — 24:08
14. 14 - Napoleon Bonaparte The Boy of Brienne: 1769-1821 — 19:02
15. 15 - Walter Scott The Boy of the Canongate: 1771-1832 — 20:40
16. 16 - James Fenimore Cooper The Boy of Otsego Hall: 1789-1851 — 17:25
17. 17 - John Ericsson The Boy of the Göta Canal: 1803-1889 — 15:43
18. 18 - Garibaldi The Boy of the Mediterranean: 1807-1882 — 18:41
19. 19 - Abraham Lincoln The Boy of the American Wilderness: 1809-1865 — 20:37
20. 20 - Charles Dickens The Boy of the London Streets: 1812-1870 — 20:18
21. 21 - Otto von Bismarck The Boy of Göttingen: 1815-1898 — 14:29

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