Hero Tales from History

About this film

LibriVox recording of Hero Tales from History by Smith Burnham. Read in English by Larry Wilson; Philip Watson; LikeManyWaters; Wayne Cooke; Ciufi Galeazzi; John; Elijah Fisher; Markus Milla Zuefle; BettyB; Rita Boutros; Ruth P.; Elisabeth Holland; David Yu; Utek; Marilyn Rakes; Allan R. Tate; ChadH94; KevinS; Sam Collier 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 19…

Directors & creators

Smith Burnham

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;Sir Walter Raleigh; Shakespeare; Charlemagne; homer; alexander; socrates; Columbus; Cromwell; Daniel Webster; Abraham Lincoln; Moses; napoleon; Joan of Arc; Nelson; Thomas Jefferson; Robert E. Lee; Patrick Henry; Lafayette; Henry W. Longfellow; inventors; clara barton; David; cortès; magellan; ulysses s. grant; sir francis drake; king alfred; roosevelt; de soto; caeser; william of normandy; john winthrop; lord baltimore; william penn; nathan hale; henry clay; davy farragut; exploreres; patriots

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