The World’s Story Volume XIII: The United States: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The World’s Story Volume XIII: The United States, credited to Eva March Tappan, 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 World’s Story Volume XIII: The United States by Eva March Tappan. Read in English by Sonia; Jim Locke; Alan Mapstone; Colleen McMahon; Rita Boutros; Tomas Peter; Adrian Stephens; Piotr Nater; J. M. Smallheer; Devorah Allen; Valerie Marino; Greg Giordano; Meg Huskin; ToddHW; April6090; thestorygirl; mleigh; IlliniThom; Sawyer Rewis; Sebastian LaVine This is the thirteenth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Part XIII is the second volume of the history of the United States, exploring topics from the Civil War, the settlement on the West Coast, and new scientific discoveries from the 19th and early 20th centuries. - Summary by Sonia

Recording facts

• Recording title: The World’s Story Volume XIII: The United States
• Author credits: Eva March Tappan
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 111
• Listed recording duration: 15:53:00

Catalogue topics

• exploration
• California
• Alaska
• civil war
• telegraph
• Washington
• gold rush
• Mexican War

Opening tracks: first 24 of 111

1. 001 - An August morning with Farragut, by W. H. Overend, American painter, painting, frontispiece — 2:54
2. 002 - The United States, Volume II: Part I: The colonies win their freedom: Historical note — 2:41
3. 003 - Congress and Valley Forge (1777-1778), by John Fiske — 4:18
4. 004 - Baron Steuben drilling the colonial troops at Valley Forge, by Edwin A. Abbey, American artist, 1852, painting p. 4 — 2:00
5. 005 - The message of Lydia Darrah (1777), by Elizabeth F. Ellet — 12:12
6. 006 - Mollie Pitcher (1787), by Kate Brownlee Sherwood — 1:44
7. 007 - The capture of Major André (1780), by Jared Sparks — 8:30
8. 008 - A visit to General Marion (1781), by Charles Carleton Coffin — 6:04
9. 009 - When Cornwallis surrendered (1781), By Burton Egbert Stevenson — 8:14
10. 010 - George III acknowledges the independence of the colonies (1782), by Elkanah Watson — 8:03
11. 011 - When Washington resigned his commission (1783), by R. M. Devens — 8:09
12. 012 - The United States, Volume II: Part II: Life in revolutionary days: Historical note — 2:44
13. 013 - The Meschianza at Philadelphia (1778), by John F. Watson — 12:13
14. 014 - A New England Thanksgiving dinner in 1779, by Juliana Smith — 8:06
15. 015 - A call on Lady Washington in 1780, by Charles D. Platt — 1:58
16. 016 - How people traveled in revolutionary times (1775-1781), by John Bach McMaster — 15:55
17. 017 - Abraham Davenport (1780), by John G. Whittier — 4:57
18. 018 - The United States, Volume II: Part III: The first years of the nation: Historical note — 2:33
19. 019 - America, by Samuel Francis Smith — 1:37
20. 020 - How Philadelphia celebrated the ratification of the Constitution (1788), by John Bach McMaster — 7:09
21. 021 - The first Inauguration Day (1789), by John Bach McMaster — 9:04
22. 022 - The death of Washington (1799) — 8:54
23. 023 - Red Jacket and the missionary (end of the eighteenth century), by Charles H. L. Johnston — 7:12
24. 024 - The burning of the Philadelphia (1804), by Cyrus Townssend Brady — 16:42

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