This Country of Ours, Part 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

This Country of Ours, Part 1, credited to H.E. Marshall, 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 This Country of Ours, Part 1, by H.E. Marshall. Read by Kara Shallenberg. Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall's book of stories from the history of the United States begins with accounts of exploration and settlement, and ends with the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. This is Part 1: Stories of Explorers and Pioneers, from Leif Ericson to Sir Walter Raleigh. Read along and view the original illustrations at mainlesson.com. Part 2: http://librivox.org/this-country-of-ours-part-2-by-h-e-marshall/ Part 3: http://librivox.org/this-country-of-ours-part-3-by-h-e-marshall/ Part 4: http://librivox.org/this-country-of-ours-part-4-by-h-e-marshall/ Part 5: http://librivox.org/this-country-of-ours-part-5-by-h-e-marshall/ Part 6: http://librivox.org/this-country-of-ours-part-6-by-h-e-marshall/ Part 7: http://librivox.org/this-country-of-ours-part-7-by-henrietta-elizabeth-marshall/ Summary by Kara. Links to the complete LibriVox recording of this book can be found at this LibriVox search page

Recording facts

• Recording title: This Country of Ours, Part 1
• Author credits: H.E. Marshall
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Listed recording duration: 2:59:11

Catalogue topics

• marshall
• history
• US history
• children
• short stories

Track guide

1. 01 How the Vikings of Old Sought And Found New Lands — 18:26
2. 02 The Sea of Darkness and the Great Faith of Columbus — 13:30
3. 03 How Columbus Fared Forth upon the Sea of Darkness and Came to Pleasant Lands Beyond — 13:40
4. 04 How Columbus Returned in Triumph — 12:56
5. 05 How America Was Named — 8:59
6. 06 How the Flag of England Was Planted on the Shores of the New World — 7:43
7. 07 How the Flag of France was Planted in Florida — 16:06
8. 08 How the French Founded a Colony in Florida — 26:25
9. 09 How the Spaniards Drove the French Out of Florida — 21:01
10. 10 How a Frenchman Avenged the Death of His Countrymen — 10:15
11. 11 The Adventures of Sir Humphrey Gilbert — 10:11
12. 12 About Sir Walter Raleigh's Adventures in the Golden West — 20:07

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