Hero Tales from History
Smith Burnham
62 chapters · 10 h 50 min · English
Read by Larry Wilson, Philip Watson, LikeManyWaters, Wayne Cooke, Ciufi Galeazzi, John and others
Biography & Autobiography
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This volume celebrates stories of great heroes from the pages of history from Moses and David through Clara Barton and Henry Longfellow. It is divided into nine sections: Mighty Men of Long Ago, Heroes of the Middle Ages, Four Leaders in the Old World, Discoverers and Explorers, Colonists and Pioneers, Patriots of the Revolution, Winners of the West, Famous Inventors, and The Greatest Americans, It is written from a distinct Western and American point of view, but each chapter is a short summary of these people deemed “heroes.”
John Burnham was chair of the History and Social Sciences Department at Western State Normal School and Western State Teachers College. He was a nationally known history and social studies educator, and author or co-author of six elementary and secondary U.S. history textbooks that were widely used throughout the United States during the 1920s and 1930
- Summary by Larry Wilson
Chapters
1 Preface 3 min 2 Moses, The Greatest Law-giver, and the Meekest Man 8 min 3 David, The Giant-killer King 6 min 4 Homer, The Hero Poet of Ancient Greece 8 min 5 Socrates, The "Grand Old Man" of Greece 7 min 6 Alexander, The Boy Who Conquered the World 7 min 7 Four Familiar Sayings of Julius Caesar 11 min 8 The Christmas Crowning of Charlemagne 8 min 9 Alfred, The Greatest of the Saxon Kings 8 min 10 How William of Normandy Conquered a Kingdom 10 min 11 Lion-hearted Richard and Wolf-hearted John 8 min 12 Joan of Arc and the Lilies of France 10 min 13 Shakespeare, The Greatest Maker of Plays 5 min 14 How Cromwell Changed Places with the King 7 min 15 Napoleon, The Corsican Boy Who Ruled Europe 12 min 16 Nelson, The Hero of Trafalgar 12 min 17 Columbus, the Map-maker Who Found a New World 12 min 18 Magellan, The Man of the Straits 11 min 19 Cortes, The Conqueror 12 min 20 De Soto, A Gold Hunter in Southern Swamps 12 min 21 Sir Francis Drake, England's First Great Sailor 13 min 22 Sir Walter Raleigh, The Favorite of Good Queen Bess 10 min 23 Henry Hudson, The Man Who Put Himself on the Map 8 min 24 La Salle And The Mouth of The Mississippi 12 min 25 Livingstone, The White Man of the Dark Continent 22 min 26 Peary, A Hero of the Great White North 13 min 27 John Smith, The Captain of Many Adventures 9 min 28 Champlain, The Father of New France 19 min 29 Myles Standish, The Brave Little Captain of Plymouth 19 min 30 John Winthrop, A Puritan Maker of Massachusetts 13 min 31 Roger Williams, A Minister Who Lived the Golden Rule 7 min 32 Lord Baltimore, Calvert and Claiborne, The Three Fathers of Maryland 10 min 33 William Penn, The Founder of Pennsylvania 7 min 34 Patrick Henry, The "Firebrand of the Revolution" 6 min 35 Nathan Hale, Who Spoke the Bravest Words in History 15 min 36 Lafayette, The Boy Hero of Two Worlds 12 min 37 The Immortal Reply of John Paul Jones 17 min 38 General Marion, The Carolina "Swamp Fox" 11 min 39 Wolfe and Montcalm, The Rival Heroes of Quebec 18 min 40 Daniel Boone, The Great Indian Fighter of Kentucky 13 min 41 George Rogers Clark, The Young Hero with a Great Idea 13 min 42 Lewis and Clark, Two Adventurers in the Far West 18 min 43 Davy Crockett, The Hero of the Alamo 15 min 44 How Eli Whitney Made Cotton King 6 min 45 Fulton's Folly 7 min 46 How Morse Sent Letters by Lightning 8 min 47 Cyrus H. M'cormick and the Story of the Reaper 6 min 48 Elias Howe and His Sewing Machine 4 min 49 Edison, The Wizard of Many Inventions 9 min 50 Benjamin Franklin, The Boy Who Was Diligent in Business 8 min 51 George Washington and His Mother 8 min 52 Alexander Hamilton, The Orphan Boy from the West Indies 13 min 53 Thomas Jefferson, The Father of Democracy 8 min 54 Andrew Jackson, America's Most Popular Hero 9 min 55 Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Three Great Champions in Congress 11 min 56 The Kind Heart of Abraham Lincoln 9 min 57 Ulysses S. Grant, The General Who Hated War 15 min 58 The Noble Soul of Robert E. Lee 11 min 59 Davy Farragut, The Hero of Mobile Bay 11 min 60 The Strenuous Life of Roosevelt 9 min 61 Clara Barton, "The Angel of the Battlefield" 10 min 62 Henry W. Longfellow, The American Children's Poet 10 min
