Stories of the First American Animals: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Stories of the First American Animals, credited to George Langford, 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 Stories of the First American Animals by George Langford. Read in English by Devorah Allen; KHand; tommack; Betsy Walker; Brian Dirkx; ke126; Dana Paterson; Christopher Hoving; Trevor Johnston; ritalouise Combining beast fable with natural history, this is a highly engaging and informative account of some of the prehistoric mammals that once roamed across North America. Each short story tells us something about a different era of natural history, from the Eocene to the Pleistocene era. Entertaining and easy to understand stories, featuring early ancestors of squirrels, horses, camels, tapirs, elephants, and even manatees, will appeal to people of all ages. Summary by Devorah Allen

Recording facts

• Recording title: Stories of the First American Animals
• Author credits: George Langford
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 28
• Listed recording duration: 7:11:39

Catalogue topics

• nature
• history
• animals
• stories
• prehistoric
• mammals

Opening tracks: first 24 of 28

1. 01 - General Introduction — 9:19
2. 02 - Jock the Jungle Jinx Introduction — 3:02
3. 03 - Jock the Jungle Jinx Part 1 — 18:15
4. 04 - Jock the Jungle Jinx Part 2 — 21:13
5. 05 - Jock the Jungle Jinx Part 3 — 13:23
6. 06 - Eohippus the Dawn Horse Introduction — 3:16
7. 07 - Eohippus the Dawn Horse Part 1 — 17:54
8. 08 - Eohippus the Dawn Horse Part 2 — 11:37
9. 09 - Eohippus the Dawn Horse Part 3 — 13:27
10. 10 - Poebro the Toy Camel Introduction — 3:13
11. 11 - Poebro the Toy Camel Part 1 — 20:03
12. 12 - Poebro the Toy Camel Part 2 — 23:39
13. 13 - Poebro the Toy Camel Part 3 — 16:51
14. 14 - Manatus the Merman of the Chesapeake Introduction — 2:51
15. 15 - Manatus the Merman of the Chesapeake Part 1 — 16:29
16. 16 - Manatus the Merman of the Chesapeake Part 2 — 11:08
17. 17 - Manatus the Merman of the Chesapeake Part 3 — 24:22
18. 18 - Manatus the Merman of the Chesapeake Part 4 — 15:27
19. 19 - Toto the Non-Progressive Introduction — 3:28
20. 20 - Toto the Non-Progressive Part 1 — 10:47
21. 21 - Toto the Non-Progressive Part 2 — 16:05
22. 22 - Toto the Non-Progressive Part 3 — 38:58
23. 23 - Mammut the Last of the Mastodons Introduction — 4:08
24. 24 - Mammut the Last of the Mastodons Part 1 — 12:57

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