Hero Tales from History


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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 (10 hr 50 min)

Capítulos

Preface 3:10 Leído por Larry Wilson
Moses, The Greatest Law-giver, and the Meekest Man 8:30 Leído por Larry Wilson
David, The Giant-killer King 6:26 Leído por Larry Wilson
Homer, The Hero Poet of Ancient Greece 8:28 Leído por Philip Watson
Socrates, The "Grand Old Man" of Greece 6:57 Leído por Philip Watson
Alexander, The Boy Who Conquered the World 7:04 Leído por Philip Watson
Four Familiar Sayings of Julius Caesar 10:43 Leído por Philip Watson
The Christmas Crowning of Charlemagne 7:34 Leído por Philip Watson
Alfred, The Greatest of the Saxon Kings 8:16 Leído por LikeManyWaters
How William of Normandy Conquered a Kingdom 10:08 Leído por Wayne Cooke
Lion-hearted Richard and Wolf-hearted John 7:47 Leído por Ciufi Galeazzi
Joan of Arc and the Lilies of France 9:55 Leído por Ciufi Galeazzi
Shakespeare, The Greatest Maker of Plays 5:05 Leído por Ciufi Galeazzi
How Cromwell Changed Places with the King 7:19 Leído por John
Napoleon, The Corsican Boy Who Ruled Europe 11:31 Leído por Elijah Fisher
Nelson, The Hero of Trafalgar 11:48 Leído por John
Columbus, the Map-maker Who Found a New World 12:05 Leído por Markus Milla Zuefle
Magellan, The Man of the Straits 10:33 Leído por Markus Milla Zuefle
Cortes, The Conqueror 12:16 Leído por Markus Milla Zuefle
De Soto, A Gold Hunter in Southern Swamps 12:09 Leído por Markus Milla Zuefle
Sir Francis Drake, England's First Great Sailor 13:06 Leído por Wayne Cooke
Sir Walter Raleigh, The Favorite of Good Queen Bess 9:38 Leído por Elijah Fisher
Henry Hudson, The Man Who Put Himself on the Map 8:15 Leído por BettyB
La Salle And The Mouth of The Mississippi 12:25 Leído por Rita Boutros
Livingstone, The White Man of the Dark Continent 22:03 Leído por Ruth P.
Peary, A Hero of the Great White North 13:17 Leído por LikeManyWaters
John Smith, The Captain of Many Adventures 9:28 Leído por Elisabeth Holland
Champlain, The Father of New France 18:59 Leído por Rita Boutros
Myles Standish, The Brave Little Captain of Plymouth 19:12 Leído por Elisabeth Holland
John Winthrop, A Puritan Maker of Massachusetts 12:51 Leído por Rita Boutros
Roger Williams, A Minister Who Lived the Golden Rule 6:38 Leído por LikeManyWaters
Lord Baltimore, Calvert and Claiborne, The Three Fathers of Maryland 9:38 Leído por Rita Boutros
William Penn, The Founder of Pennsylvania 6:34 Leído por BettyB
Patrick Henry, The "Firebrand of the Revolution" 6:10 Leído por David Yu
Nathan Hale, Who Spoke the Bravest Words in History 14:34 Leído por Rita Boutros
Lafayette, The Boy Hero of Two Worlds 11:37 Leído por BettyB
The Immortal Reply of John Paul Jones 17:04 Leído por Rita Boutros
General Marion, The Carolina "Swamp Fox" 11:14 Leído por Wayne Cooke
Wolfe and Montcalm, The Rival Heroes of Quebec 18:30 Leído por Utek
Daniel Boone, The Great Indian Fighter of Kentucky 12:32 Leído por Marilyn Rakes
George Rogers Clark, The Young Hero with a Great Idea 12:36 Leído por BettyB
Lewis and Clark, Two Adventurers in the Far West 18:06 Leído por LikeManyWaters
Davy Crockett, The Hero of the Alamo 15:03 Leído por Elisabeth Holland
How Eli Whitney Made Cotton King 6:09 Leído por Ciufi Galeazzi
Fulton's Folly 7:10 Leído por Ciufi Galeazzi
How Morse Sent Letters by Lightning 8:20 Leído por Allan R. Tate
Cyrus H. M'cormick and the Story of the Reaper 5:38 Leído por Wayne Cooke
Elias Howe and His Sewing Machine 4:18 Leído por BettyB
Edison, The Wizard of Many Inventions 9:12 Leído por LikeManyWaters
Benjamin Franklin, The Boy Who Was Diligent in Business 7:55 Leído por BettyB
George Washington and His Mother 7:37 Leído por BettyB
Alexander Hamilton, The Orphan Boy from the West Indies 13:04 Leído por BettyB
Thomas Jefferson, The Father of Democracy 8:16 Leído por BettyB
Andrew Jackson, America's Most Popular Hero 9:01 Leído por ChadH94
Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Three Great Champions in Congress 11:29 Leído por KevinS
The Kind Heart of Abraham Lincoln 8:34 Leído por Ciufi Galeazzi
Ulysses S. Grant, The General Who Hated War 14:31 Leído por Ciufi Galeazzi
The Noble Soul of Robert E. Lee 10:58 Leído por Sam Collier
Davy Farragut, The Hero of Mobile Bay 11:22 Leído por Wayne Cooke
The Strenuous Life of Roosevelt 9:14 Leído por BettyB
Clara Barton, "The Angel of the Battlefield" 10:06 Leído por BettyB
Henry W. Longfellow, The American Children's Poet 10:05 Leído por Wayne Cooke

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Learned a lot of history that I didn’t know