The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Life of Benjamin Franklin by Samuel G Goodrich: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 27 original MP3 tracks, 3:58:56 running time and a link to listen.
The Life of Benjamin Franklin, credited to Samuel G Goodrich, 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 Life of Benjamin Franklin by Samuel G Goodrich. Read by LibriVox Volunteers This little book was intended for the education of school children and includes tales, sketches and anecdotes of his life written for the children of the mid 1800's and written in the English languge of that period. Each chapter has numerous questions intended for the the reader or the teacher to quiz themselves to see if they gathered the pertinent information. The quiz questions will not be recorded. Also part of this book are numerous short essays written by Franklin on various topics. These entertaining and insightful samples occupy sections 17 through 27. (Summary by phil chenevert)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Life of Benjamin Franklin
- Author credits: Samuel G Goodrich
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 27
- Listed recording duration: 3:58:56
Catalogue topics
- biography
- Benjamin Franklin
Opening tracks: first 24 of 27
- 01 - Chapter I — 12:15
- 02 - Chapter II — 10:25
- 03 - Chapter III — 9:00
- 04 - Chapter IV — 9:09
- 05 - Chapter V — 9:16
- 06 - Chapter VI — 8:52
- 07 - Chapter VII — 11:05
- 08 - Chapter VIII — 8:46
- 09 - Chapter IX — 12:13
- 10 - Chapter X — 11:08
- 11 - Chapter XI — 11:27
- 12 - Chapter XII — 10:20
- 13 - Chapter XIII — 10:28
- 14 - Chapter XIV — 14:07
- 15 - Chapter XV — 9:19
- 16 - Chapter XVI — 7:41
- 17 - A True Story — 3:39
- 18 - HANDSOME AND DEFORMED LEG — 5:08
- 19 - ADVICE TO A YOUNG TRADESMAN — 4:36
- 20 - NECESSARY HINTS TO THOSE THAT WOULD BE RICH — 2:53
- 21 - ON THE ART OF SWIMMING — 5:44
- 22 - PAPER. A POEM — 3:36
- 23 - PRELIMINARY ADDRESS TO THE PENNSYLVANIA ALMANAC, ENTITLED, POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC, FOR THE YEAR 1758. — 24:10
- 24 - OBSERVATIONS ON WAR — 4:17
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