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July 17, 2014

The Child’s Book of American Biography by Mary Stoyell Stimpson

In every country there have been certain men and women whose busy lives have made the world better or wiser. The names of such are heard so often that every child should know a few facts about them. It is hoped the very short stories told here may make boys and girls eager to learn more about these famous people. (from the Forward of the text)

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01 – Forward and George Washington

02 – William Penn

03 – John Paul Jones

04 – John Singleton Copley

05 – Benjamin Franklin

06 – Louis Agassiz

07 – Dorothea Lynde Dix

08 – Ulysses Simpson Grant

09 – Clara Barton

10 – Abraham Lincoln

11 – Robert Edward Lee

12 – John James Audubon

13 – Robert Fulton

14 – George Peabody

15 – Daniel Webster

16 – Augustus St. Gaudens

17 – Henry David Thoreau

18 – Louisa May Alcott

19 – Samuel Finley Breese Morse

20 – William Hickling Prescott

21 – Phillips Brooks

22 – Samuel Clemens

23 – Joe Jefferson

24 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

25 – James McNeill Whistler

26 – Ralph Waldo Emerson

27 – Jane Addams

28 – Luther Burbank

29 – Edward Alexander MacDowell

30 – Thomas Alva Edison

July 17, 2014

Historic Adventures: Tales from American History by Rupert S. Holland

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01 – The Lost Children

02 – The Great Journey of Lewis and Clark, part 1

03 – The Great Journey of Lewis and Clark, part 2

04 – The Conspiracy of Aaron Burr

05 – How the Young Republic Fought the Barbary Pirates, part 1

06 – How the Young Republic Fought the Barbary Pirates, part 2

07 – The Fate of Lovejoy’s Printing-Press

08 – How Marcus Whitman Saved Oregon

09 – How the Mormons Came to Settle Utah

10 – The Golden Days of ‘Forty-Nine

11 – How the United States Made Friends with Japan

12 – The Pig that Almost Caused a War

13 – John Brown at Harper’s Ferry

14 – An Arctic Explorer

15 – The Story of Alaska

16 – How the “Merrimac” Was Sunk in Santiago Harbor

July 17, 2014

Historic Boyhoods by Rupert S. Holland

Most boys grow up to be honest, maybe even good, men, but do not stand out from the crowd. Occasionally, along comes a boy who is destined, either by character or circumstance, to make his mark on the world. In this work are included 21 biographical sketches of boys who became famous in the arts, affairs of state or exploration and discovery. Historical fact is blended with surmise and imagination to bring these boyhoods alive. – Summary by Lynne Thompson for Librivox

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Christopher Columbus The Boy of Genoa: 1446(?)-1506

Michael Angelo The Boy of the Medici Gardens: 1475-1564

Walter Raleigh The Boy of Devon: 1552-1618

Peter the Great The Boy of the Kremlin: 1672-1725

Frederick the Great The Boy of Potsdam: 1712-1788

George Washington The Boy of the Old Dominion: 1732-1799

Daniel Boone The Boy of the Frontier: 1735-1820

John Paul Jones The Boy of the Atlantic: 1747-1792

Mozart The Boy of Salzburg: 1756-1791

Lafayette The Boy of Versailles: 1757-1834

Horatio Nelson The Boy of the Channel Fleet: 1758-1805

Robert Fulton The Boy of the Conestoga: 1765-1815

Andrew Jackson The Boy of the Carolinas: 1767-1845

Napoleon Bonaparte The Boy of Brienne: 1769-1821

Walter Scott The Boy of the Canongate: 1771-1832

James Fenimore Cooper The Boy of Otsego Hall: 1789-1851

John Ericsson The Boy of the G?ta Canal: 1803-1889

Garibaldi The Boy of the Mediterranean: 1807-1882

Abraham Lincoln The Boy of the American Wilderness: 1809-1865

Charles Dickens The Boy of the London Streets: 1812-1870

Otto von Bismarck The Boy of G?ttingen: 1815-1898

July 17, 2014

History Plays for the Grammar Grades by Mary Ella Lyng

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Christopher Columbus

John Smith and Pocahantus

George Washington and Other Heroes of the Revolution

George Rogers Clark

Andrew Jackson

John C. Fremont

Webster, Clay and Calhoun

The Story of Abraham Lincoln

Grant and Lee

Some Women of History

June 30, 2012June 30, 2012

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon 2

This is the continuing saga of Sergeant Preston of the Yukon. ?Click here to listen to earlier episodes.

Belated Revenge

Return to the Crime

King Spots Murder

Self Defense or Murder

By Hook or by Crook

The Eleventh Hour

Murder in ABCs

Bob Hite Announces Audition

No Escape for a Murderer

Revenge in the Yukon

June 30, 2012June 30, 2012

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

Meeting the Terms of the Contract

Till a Man’s Proved Dead

A Swindler Swindled

A Footprint in Leather

Caught by a Button

The Last Days of a Freight Line

A Swill O Gunpowder

King’s Ransom

Murder on Train Time

A Previewed Confession

Attempted Manslaughter

Lantern Rock

The Ring on His Finger

The Tell-Tale Bullet

A Date to Remember

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June 9, 2012June 11, 2012

Kit Carson

Kit Carson?from the old time radio show Frontier Fighters.

June 11, 2011June 9, 2012

Frontier Fighters

Rene Robert Cavelier de LaSalle

Jedediah Strong Smith

Marcus Whitman

John McLoughlin

The Donner Party

The Fall of the Alamo

Stephen W. Kearny

Brigham Young

Joseph Meek

Captain George E Pickett

John Sutter and James W Marshall

Buffalo Bill Cody

Pikes Peak Rush-Colorado Territory

Santa Fe Trail

James B. Wild Bill Hickok

Reverend Thomas Starr King

Cochise and Captain Tom Jeffords

Grenville Dodge and Leland Stanford

Massacre at Taos New Mexico

Custer’s Last Stand at Little Big Horn

Stephen F. Austin

Oregon 54-40

Nevada and the Comstock Lode

John Phillips Hero of Fort Phil Kearny

Oklahoma Land Rush

Oregon and the Pacific Republic

Annie D. Tallent

Ira Burton Perrine

Wells Fargo

Governor Anson P. K. Safford

July 8, 2009June 8, 2010

Lewis and Clark Radio Theater

Lewis and Clark on the General Mills Radio Adventure theater

The American Trail: The Lewis and Clark Expedition

Click here to see downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used with a study of Lewis and Clark. This link will take you away from My Audio School.

July 3, 2009May 24, 2010

Lewis and Clark: The Great Journey West video trailer and resources

National Geographic has released an excellent movie about Lewis and Clark, titled The Great Journey West. To watch the movie trailer, click the link, and look in the left hand sidebar for the words “Preview the Trailer”.

On their site you can view a preview of the movie, find out where to see the movie, download lesson plans, view the Family Activity Guide, and more.

You may also enjoy National Geographic’s Go West page for interactive games about the Lewis and Clark expedition.

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June 30, 2009June 7, 2010

Lewis and Clark Horizons West

Click here to see downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used with a study of Lewis and Clark. This link will take you away from My Audio School.

The 13 episodes in this old time radio drama paint a vivid picture of Lewis and Clark’s journey west.

Mr. Jefferson’s Dream

Decision at Travelers Rest

Clark and the Horse Thieves

Lewis and the Blackfeet

Down the Missouri to St. Louis

June 30, 2009June 8, 2010

The Louisiana Purchase

The Cavalcade of America: Louisiana Purchase

The American Trail: The Louisiana Purchase

June 25, 2009November 29, 2011

Buffalo Bill

This story about Buffalo Bill is from the old time radio show Cavalcade of America.

Buffalo Bill

June 12, 2009November 29, 2011

The Fall of the Alamo

This episode is from the old time radio program Frontier Fighters.
The Fall of the Alamo

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June 10, 2009June 15, 2011

Journal of Lewis and Clark (1840) by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

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Total running time: 8 hours, 52 minutes

Summary: “The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, for exploring the river Missouri, and the best communication from that to the Pacific Ocean, has had all the success which could be expected. They have traced the Missouri nearly to its source; descended the Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, ascertained with accuracy the Geography, of that interesting communication across the continent; learned the character of the country, its commerce and inhabitants; and it is but justice to say that Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, and their brave companions, have, by this arduous service, deserved well of their country.” This volume is the 1840 edition with woodcut images and an Indian vocabulary. They may be viewed by clicking on the text URL. (Summary in quotes by President Thomas Jefferson)

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01 Jefferson’s Message

23 Chapter XXI Part 1

24 Chapter XXI Part 2

25 Chapter XXI Part 3

26 Chapter XXI Part 4

27 Dictionary of Indian

28 Appendix

June 4, 2009December 28, 2010

Lewis and Clark: old time radio

Cavalcade of America: 1803, The Will to Explore

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The American Trail: 1803, The Lewis and Clark Expedition

Click here to see downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used with a study of Lewis and Clark. This link will take you away from My Audio School.

May 31, 2009December 29, 2010

The Oklahoma Land Rush and The Dust Bowl

The following excerpts are from the film The Plow that Broke the Plains.

You are There! The Oklahoma Land Run

Cherokee Land Rush, excerpt from The Plow that Broke the Plains

Horse Drawn Plow, excerpt from The Plow that Broke the Plains

Dust Bowl, Trying to plow dry soil (1936), excerpt from The Plow that Broke the Plains

May 20, 2009August 7, 2012

The Golden Dream by R. M. Ballantyne

Summary: A thoroughly engaging, at times even harrowing, adventure tale set in the San Francisco gold rush. Detailed depiction of its time and place, complete with everything from mining techniques to societal attitudes. You’ll feel like you’re in the diggings. (Summary by Lee Elliott for Librivox)

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Running time: 9 hours, 46 minutes

Click here for a selection of downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick about the California Gold Rush. This link will take you away from My Audio School.

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Chapter One

May 20, 2009June 15, 2011

The Dog Crusoe and His Master by R. M. Ballantyne

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Running time: 9 hours, 3 minutes

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Summary from Librivox: This is a story of an adventure involving a young man, his dog, and 2 friends. Together they wander through the Western prairies on a mission to make peace between the “pale-faces” and the “Red men”. They face many perils and become heroes many times over. This wonderful story takes the characters (and the reader) on an action-packed journey through the Western prairies during the times when relations between the white man and the Natives were not always peaceful.