The Life of Clara Barton - Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Life of Clara Barton - Volume 1, credited to William E. Barton, 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 The Life of Clara Barton - Volume 1 by William E. Barton. Read in English by PhyllisV Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was a pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk. Since nursing education was not then very formalized and she did not attend nursing school, she provided self-taught nursing care. Barton is noteworthy for doing humanitarian work and civil rights advocacy at a time before women had the right to vote. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1973. Volume 1 ends during the years just after the end of the Civil War. (summary from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Life of Clara Barton - Volume 1
• Author credits: William E. Barton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 28
• Listed recording duration: 14:52:41

Catalogue topics

• American civil war
• nursing
• Red Cross
• clara barton

Opening tracks: first 24 of 28

1. 00 - Introduction — 13:05
2. 01 - Chapter 1 - Her First Attempt at Autobiography — 9:58
3. 02 - Chapter 2 - The Birth of Clara Barton — 7:17
4. 03 - Chapter 3 - Her Ancestry — 16:18
5. 04 - Chapter 4 - Her Parentage and Infancy — 14:27
6. 05 - Chapter 5 - Her Schools and Teachers — 34:07
7. 06 - Chapter 6 - The Days of Her Youth — 36:06
8. 07 - Chapter 7 - Her First Experience as a Teacher — 13:47
9. 08 - Chapter 8 - Leaves From Her Unpublished Autobiography — 51:45
10. 09 - Chapter 9 - The Heart of Clara Barton — 30:01
11. 10 - Chapter 10 - From Schoolroom to Patent Office — 45:04
12. 11 - Chapter 11 Part 1 - The Battle Cry of Freedom — 32:45
13. 12 - Chapter 11 Part 2 - The Battle Cry of Freedom — 30:48
14. 13 - Chapter 12 Part 1 - Home and Country — 40:32
15. 14 - Chapter 12 Part 2 - Home and Country — 38:37
16. 15 - Chapter 12 Part 3 - Home and Country — 29:23
17. 16 - Chapter 13 - Clara Barton to the Front — 50:19
18. 17 - Chapter 14 Part 1 - Harper's Ferry to Antietam — 41:56
19. 18 - Chapter 14 Part 2 - Harper's Ferry to Antietam — 46:35
20. 19 - Chapter 15 - Clara Barton's Change of Base — 31:03
21. 20 - Chapter 16 Part 1 - The Attempt to Recapture Sumter — 37:07
22. 21 - Chapter 16 Part 2 - The Attempt to Recapture Sumter — 25:47
23. 22 - Chapter 17 - From the Wilderness to the James — 48:26
24. 23 - Chapter 18 Part 1 - To the End of the War — 40:13

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