Mount Rushmore National Memorial: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Mount Rushmore National Memorial by Various: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 12 original MP3 tracks, 1:30:47 running time and a link to listen.
Mount Rushmore National Memorial, credited to Various, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
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LibriVox recording of Mount Rushmore National Memorial by Various. Read in English by Larry Wilson; mleigh; Janna Erikson; ElBee; Paul Harvey; Marya James; Aaron Bennett This publication of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Society of the Black Hills presents the history and description of one of the most iconic colossal sculptures of the world. Originally conceived by Doane Robinson of South Dakota, the memorial was designed by renowned sculptor, Gutzon Borglum who also gave oversight of the construction along with his son Lincoln. It depicts four U.S. Presidents – Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Recording facts
- Recording title: Mount Rushmore National Memorial
- Author credits: Various
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 12
- Listed recording duration: 1:30:47
Catalogue topics
- George Washington
- Abraham Lincoln
- Thomas Jefferson
- Theodore Roosevelt
- national park service
- gutzon borglum
- lincoln gutzon borglum
- doane robinson
Track guide
- 01 - Foreword — 3:01
- 02 - The Mighty Works of Borglum — 14:14
- 03 - From the Beginning — 18:10
- 04 - The Role of the National Park Service — 5:22
- 05 - The Antiquity of Mount Rushmore — 6:17
- 06 - The Hall of Records and Great Stairway — 8:31
- 07 - George Washington — 6:51
- 08 - Thomas Jefferson — 6:10
- 09 - Abraham Lincoln — 6:46
- 10 - Theodore Roosevelt — 6:16
- 11 - As Great Men Saw It — 2:11
- 12 - Mount Rushmore National Memorial Society of Black Hills — 6:58
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