Historical Tales, Vol I: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Historical Tales, Vol I, credited to Charles Morris, 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 Historical Tales, Vol I, by Charles Morris. Read by Kalynda. Volume I of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This first volume comprises the discovery, colonization, founding, and early years of the United States of America, describing history for children and young adults in an exiting and novel manner. (Summary by Kalynda)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Historical Tales, Vol I
• Author credits: Charles Morris
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 28
• Listed recording duration: 8:36:24

Catalogue topics

• history
• America
• historical tales
• Charles Morris

Opening tracks: first 24 of 28

1. 00 - Preface — 2:38
2. 01 - Vineland and the Vikings — 29:43
3. 02 - Frobisher and the Northwest Passage — 12:58
4. 03 - Champlain and the Iroquois — 29:20
5. 04 - Sir William Phips and the Silver-ship — 24:43
6. 05 - Story of the Regicides — 16:39
7. 06 - How the Charter Was Saved — 15:51
8. 07 - How Franklin Came to Philadelphia — 13:25
9. 08 - Perils of the Wilderness — 21:46
10. 09 - Some Adventures of Major Putnam — 25:39
11. 10 - Gallant Defense — 15:10
12. 11 - Daniel Boone, the Pioneer of Kentucky — 28:16
13. 12 - Paul Revere's Ride — 20:10
14. 13 - Green Mountain Boys — 11:40
15. 14 - British at New York — 13:21
16. 15 - Quakeress Patriot — 8:37
17. 16 - Siege of Fort Schuyler — 24:01
18. 17 - On the Track of a Traitor — 17:25
19. 18 - Marion, the Swamp Fox — 19:20
20. 19 - Fate of the Philadelphia — 18:10
21. 20 - Victim of a Traitor — 14:56
22. 21 - How the Electric Telegraph was Invented — 22:05
23. 22 - Monitor and the Merrimac — 14:11
24. 23 - Stealing a Locomotive — 18:44

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