James B. Eads: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
James B. Eads by Louis How: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 5 original MP3 tracks, 2:07:18 running time and a link to listen.
James B. Eads, credited to Louis How, 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 James B. Eads by Louis How. Read in English by Barry Eads. Captain James Buchanan Eads (May 23, 1820 – March 8, 1887) was a world-renowned American civil engineer and inventor, holding more than 50 patents. Eads' great Mississippi River Bridge at St. Louis was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and on October 21, 1974 was listed as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. It was also awarded a Special Award of Recognition by the American Institute of Steel Construction in 1974. Eads' design for the jetties of the south pass of the Mississippi river was also designated as National Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks in 1982. This book was written by his grandson, Louis How. - Summary by Wikipedia and Barry Eads
Recording facts
- Recording title: James B. Eads
- Author credits: Louis How
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 5
- Listed recording duration: 2:07:18
Catalogue topics
- civil war
- mississippi river
- civil engineering
- james buchanan eads
- eads bridge
- iron-clad ships
- gun boats
- jetties
Track guide
- 01 - Chapter 1 - Early Training — 22:12
- 02 - Chapter 2 - The Gunboats — 28:09
- 03 - Chapter 3 - The Bridge — 28:00
- 04 - Chapter 4 - The Jetties — 31:55
- 05 - Chapter 5 - The Ship-Railway — 17:02
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