The Junior Classics Volume 7: Stories of Courage and Heroism

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LibriVox recording of The Junior Classics Volume 7: Stories of Courage and Heroism by William Patten. Read in English by Greg Laughland; Andrea Coffee; Greg Giordano; Maria Kasper; Lynne Thompson; Eduardo; Denise Nordell; Michelle Torres; Katalina Watt; Miyune; Dale Latham; Larry Wilson; Phil Chenevert; Mike Pelton The stories in this volume are true stories, and have been arranged in chronological order, an arrangement that will aid the reader to remember the times to which the stories relate. Almost any encyclopedia can be consulted for general details of the life stories of the interesting people whose names crowd the volume except perhaps in the cases of Peter Williamson and John Tanner, "The True Story of a Kidnapped Boy," and "A White Boy Among the Indians." Peter Williamson was kidnapped in Glasgow, Scotland, when he was eight years old, was captured by the Cherokee Indians in 1745, and (though the story does not tell this) he returned to England and became a prominent citizen. He first made the British Government pay damages for his kidnapping, gave the first exhibition in England of Indian war dances, and was the first Englishman to publish a street directory. He was final…

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William Patten

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librivox; audiobooks;

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