Good Stories for Great Birthdays
Frances Jenkins Olcott
26 chapters · 10 h 14 min · English
Read by brianna, Lynda Marie Neilson, Lynne T, Dusty Brailsford, BettyB, Sarah Jump and others
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"Here are over 200 stories celebrating 23 great birthdays of patriot-founders and upbuilders of the Republics of both North and South America. In the stories are more than 75 historical characters, men, women, and children. The arrangement follows the school-year, beginning in October with Columbus." The stories included are to be read by or to children as an introduction to the biographies of many fascinating and important Americans. - Summary by From the Preface and by Lynne Thompson
Chapters
1 Foreward 12 min 2 October 12 Columbus and Discoverer's Day 46 min 3 October 14 William Penn, The Founder of Pennsylvania 18 min 4 October 27 Theodore Roosevelt, America's Hero: The Square Deal, Theodore Roosevelt 38 min 5 October 30 John Adams, The Son of Liberty 25 min 6 November 15 William Pitt, Defender of America 19 min 7 December 2 Dom Pedro the Second, the Magnanimus, the Best Republican in Brazil 26 min 8 December 20 William Bradford, and the Landing of the Pilgrims 28 min 9 January 7 General Israel Putnam, 'Old Put' 13 min 10 January 11 Alexander Hamilton, Defender of the Constitution 10 min 11 January 17 Benjamin Franklin, the American Socrates 11 min 12 February 12 Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator 17 min 13 February 22 George Washington, The Father of his Country Part 1 29 min 14 February 22 George Washington, The Father of his Country Part 2 36 min 15 February 25 Jose de San Martin of Argentina, The Protector Part 1 32 min 16 February 25 Jose de San Martin of Argentina, The Protector Part 2 32 min 17 March 15 Andrew Jackson, Old Hickory 36 min 18 April 13 Thomas Jefferson, The Framer of the Declaration of Independence 13 min 19 May 29 Patrick Henry, The Orator of the War for Independence 10 min 20 June 9 Francisco de Miranda of Venezuela, the Flaming Son of Liberty 29 min 21 June 23-24 Roger Williams and the Founding of Providence 10 min 22 July 6 John Paul Jones, America's Immortal Sea-Fighter 17 min 23 July 24 Simon Bolivar of Venezuela, the Liberator 27 min 24 August 20 Bernardo O'Higgins, First Soldier, First Citizen of Chile 21 min 25 September 6 The Marquis de Lafayette, the Friend of America 17 min 26 September 24 John Marshall, the Expounder of the Constitution 43 min
