The Junior Classics Volume 7: Stories of Courage and Heroism: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Junior Classics Volume 7: Stories of Courage and Heroism, credited to William Patten, 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 The Junior Classics Volume 7: Stories of Courage and Heroism by William Patten. Read in English by Greg Laughland; Andrea Coffee; Greg Giordano; Maria Kasper; Lynne Thompson; Eduardo; Denise Nordell; Michelle Torres; Katalina Watt; Miyune; Dale Latham; Larry Wilson; Phil Chenevert; Mike Pelton The stories in this volume are true stories, and have been arranged in chronological order, an arrangement that will aid the reader to remember the times to which the stories relate. Almost any encyclopedia can be consulted for general details of the life stories of the interesting people whose names crowd the volume except perhaps in the cases of Peter Williamson and John Tanner, "The True Story of a Kidnapped Boy," and "A White Boy Among the Indians." Peter Williamson was kidnapped in Glasgow, Scotland, when he was eight years old, was captured by the Cherokee Indians in 1745, and (though the story does not tell this) he returned to England and became a prominent citizen. He first made the British Government pay damages for his kidnapping, gave the first exhibition in England of Indian war dances, and was the first Englishman to publish a street directory. He was finally pensioned by the Government for his services in establishing a penny post. John Tanner, the son of a clergyman, was stolen by the Indians some years later. His mother died when he was very young, his father treated him harshly, and so when the Indians kidnapped him he made no effort to escape. John remained among them until he was an old man, and the story of his life, which he was obliged to dictate to others as he could neither read nor write, was first published about 1830. The stories of these boys are considered to be two of the most reliable early accounts we possess of life among the Indians. - Summary by the author

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Junior Classics Volume 7: Stories of Courage and Heroism
• Author credits: William Patten
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 47
• Listed recording duration: 14:43:13

Opening tracks: first 24 of 47

1. 01 - How Phidias Helped the Image-Maker by Beatrice Harraden — 9:31
2. 02 - The Fight at the Pass of Thermopylæ - by Charlotte M. Yonge — 16:39
3. 03 - The Bravery of Regulus Charlotte by M. Yonge — 11:30
4. 04 - The Rabbi Who Found the Diadem - by Dr. A. S. Isaacs — 3:21
5. 05 - How Livia Won the Brooch by Beatrice Harraden — 12:36
6. 06 - Julius Cæsar Crossing the Rubicon - by Jacob Abbott — 33:34
7. 07 - Fearless Saint Genevieve, Patron Saint of Paris Charlotte by M. Yonge — 12:52
8. 08 - The Boy Viking—Olaf II of Norway by E. S. Brooks — 27:00
9. 09 - The Boy-Heroes of Crecy and Poitiers -by Treadwell Walden — 24:08
10. 10 - The Noble Burghers of Calais - by Charlotte M. Yonge — 25:37
11. 11 - The Story of Joan of Arc, the Maid Who Saved France - by Anonymous — 35:35
12. 12 - How Joan the Maid Took Largess from the English - by Anonymous — 16:14
13. 13 - Death of Joan the Maid - byAnonymous — 9:28
14. 14 - How Catherine Douglas Tried to Save King James of Scotland - byCharlotte M. Yonge — 11:58
15. 15 - The Brave Queen of Hungary - by Charlotte by M. Yonge — 22:41
16. 16 - The Story of Christopher Columbus for Little Children - by Elizabeth Harrison — 19:29
17. 17 - A Sea-Fight in the Time of Queen Bess - by Charles Kingsley — 42:05
18. 18 - A Brave Scottish Chief - by Anonymous — 14:40
19. 19 - The Adventure of Grizel Cochrane by Arthur Quiller-Couch — 24:06
20. 20 - The Sunken Treasure by Nathaniel Hawthorne — 9:40
21. 21 - The Lost Exiles of Texas by Arthur Oilman — 19:02
22. 22 - The Boy Conqueror—Charles XII of Sweden E. S. Brooks — 38:04
23. 23 - The True Story of a Kidnapped Boy as Told by Himself Peter Williamson — 23:26
24. 24 - The Prisoner Who Would Not Stay in Prison Anonymous — 28:12

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