Historical Tales, Vol II: American II: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Historical Tales, Vol II: American II, 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

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LibriVox recording of Historical Tales, Vol II: American II, by Charles Morris. Read by Kalynda. Volume II of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This second volume supplements the first with additional stories of the discovery, colonization, founding, and early years of the United States of America, describing history for children and young adults in an exciting and novel manner. (Summary by Kalynda)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Historical Tales, Vol II: American II
• Author credits: Charles Morris
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 34
• Listed recording duration: 8:22:14

Catalogue topics

• children
• history
• American

Opening tracks: first 24 of 34

1. 01 - Ponce de Leon and the Fountain of Youth — 9:10
2. 02 - De Soto and the Father of the Waters — 14:47
3. 03 - The Lost Colony of Roanoke — 8:22
4. 04 - The Thrilling Adventures of Captain John Smith — 16:26
5. 05 - The Indian Massacre in Virginia — 13:05
6. 06 - The Great Rebellion in the Old Dominion — 17:56
7. 07 - La Salle the Explorer of the Mississippi — 20:56
8. 08 - The French of Louisiana and the Natchez Indians — 16:59
9. 09 - The Knights of the Golden Horseshoe — 9:42
10. 10 - How Oglethorpe Saved Georgia from Spain — 12:45
11. 11 - A Boy's Working Holiday in the Wildwood — 13:45
12. 12 - Patrick Henry, the Herald of the Revolution — 16:38
13. 13 - Governor Tryon and the Carolina Regulators — 15:53
14. 14 - Lord Dunmore and the Gunpowder — 13:59
15. 15 - The Fatal Expedition of Colonel Rogers — 10:55
16. 16 - How Colonel Clark Won the Northwest — 18:02
17. 17 - King's Mountain and the Patriots of Tennessee — 12:14
18. 18 - General Greene's Famous Retreat Kalynda assigned — 14:18
19. 19 - Eli Whitney, the Inventor of the Cotton Gin — 11:58
20. 20 - How Old Hickory Fought the Creeks — 19:09
21. 21 - The Pirates of Barataria Bay — 16:09
22. 22 - The Heroes of the Alamo — 11:30
23. 23 - How Houston Won Freedom for Texas — 8:08
24. 24 - Captain Robert E. Lee and the Lava-Beds — 13:44

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