Hidden Treasures
Harry A. Lewis
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
"Some succeed while others fail. This is a recognized fact; yet history tells us that seven-tenths of our most successful men began life poor." A selection of mini-biographies teaches us how some successful men have overcome odds to make their mark on history. (Summary by Lynne Thompson; quote from Introduction) (16 hr 38 min)
Chapters
Preface, Introduction, Quotations | 7:13 | Read by Lynne T |
Daniel Drew | 5:52 | Read by Lynne T |
Russell Sage | 4:07 | Read by Lynne T |
Cornelius Vanderbilt | 9:36 | Read by Lynne T |
Amos Lawrence | 10:25 | Read by TriciaG |
Horace B. Claflin | 3:31 | Read by TriciaG |
William E. Dodge | 3:59 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Jay Gould | 14:45 | Read by Mike Pelton |
John Wannamaker | 4:22 | Read by Mike Pelton |
Alexander T. Stewart | 8:03 | Read by Mike Pelton |
Nicholas Longworth | 4:40 | Read by Mike Pelton |
Robert Bonner | 4:46 | Read by Deon Gines |
William G. Fargo | 3:08 | Read by Deon Gines |
James C. Flood | 5:20 | Read by Deon Gines |
John W. MacKay | 5:05 | Read by Deon Gines |
James C. Fair | 11:55 | Read by shawnzhu |
Horace Greeley | 16:02 | Read by Chessie Joy |
Thurlow Weed | 7:02 | Read by Chessie Joy |
George W. Childs | 10:47 | Read by Mike Pelton |
James Gordon Bennett | 7:59 | Read by Mike Pelton |
Phineas T. Barnum | 4:15 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Matthew Vassar | 3:28 | Read by Mike Pelton |
John Jacob Astor | 4:40 | Read by Tom Merritt |
Potter Palmer | 4:04 | Read by Tom Merritt |
James Harper | 7:55 | Read by Tom Merritt |
Henry Disston | 3:38 | Read by Tom Merritt |
Peter Cooper | 8:29 | Read by Deon Gines |
George Law | 3:39 | Read by Deon Gines |
Darius O. Mills | 4:41 | Read by Deon Gines |
Stephen Girard | 8:53 | Read by Lynne T |
Moses Taylor | 3:45 | Read by Deon Gines |
William C. Ralston | 6:59 | Read by Deon Gines |
George Peabody | 7:01 | Read by Deon Gines |
William W. Corcoran | 5:11 | Read by Deon Gines |
Nathan Mayer Rothschild | 10:03 | Read by Deon Gines |
John Adams, Part 1 | 36:33 | Read by Lynne T |
John Adams, Part 2 | 42:02 | Read by Arnie Horton |
Thomas Jefferson | 14:40 | Read by Tom Merritt |
John Marshall | 7:50 | Read by Lynne T |
Alexander Hamilton | 8:22 | Read by Greg Giordano |
James Madison | 32:03 | Read by Mike Pelton |
James Monroe | 11:49 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Lewis Cass | 4:05 | Read by Etel Buss |
John C. Calhoun | 13:26 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
Robert Y. Hayne | 5:06 | Read by Etel Buss |
Daniel Webster | 33:07 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Andrew Jackson | 20:17 | Read by Jill Engle |
Thomas H. Benton | 14:09 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Henry Clay | 10:30 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Martin Van Buren | 8:13 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Stephen Arnold Douglass | 6:42 | Read by Tom Merritt |
Abbott Lawrence | 3:08 | Read by Tom Merritt |
Alexander H. Stephens | 20:34 | Read by Tom Merritt |
Millard Fillmore | 7:07 | Read by Etel Buss |
William H. Seward | 11:21 | Read by Tom Merritt |
Horatio Seymour | 6:57 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Winfield S. Hancock | 7:46 | Read by Lynne T |
George B. McClellan | 4:53 | Read by Tom Merritt |
Ulysses Simpson Grant | 7:51 | Read by Jill Engle |
Stonewall Jackson | 5:29 | Read by Tom Merritt |
General Robert E. Lee | 8:46 | Read by Tom Merritt |
Henry Wilson | 4:55 | Read by Etel Buss |
Abraham Lincoln | 29:54 | Read by Jill Engle |
Edward Everett | 10:06 | Read by Tom Merritt |
Edwin M. Stanton | 11:57 | Read by Tom Merritt |
Andrew Johnson | 8:59 | Read by Tom Merritt |
James A. Garfield | 15:49 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Chester A. Arthur | 8:09 | Read by Greg Giordano |
John A. Logan | 10:32 | Read by John Lieder |
James G. Blaine, Part 1 | 27:40 | Read by Mike Pelton |
James G. Blaine, Part 2 | 41:43 | Read by Mike Pelton |
Samuel J. Tilden | 13:53 | Read by Dan Darbandi |
Henry Ward Beecher | 23:39 | Read by DPranitis |
James Watt | 12:32 | Read by Availle |
George Stephenson | 15:42 | Read by Garth Burton |
Benjamin Franklin | 12:47 | Read by Tom Merritt |
Eli Whitney | 3:29 | Read by Tom Merritt |
Robert Fulton | 12:54 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Elias Howe, Jnr. | 17:16 | Read by Tom Merritt |
Isaac M. Singer | 5:30 | Read by Garth Burton |
Richard M. Hoe | 7:31 | Read by Garth Burton |
Charles Goodyear | 8:53 | Read by Tom Merritt |
Professor S.F.B. Morse | 10:51 | Read by Availle |
Cyrus W. Field | 11:30 | Read by Lynne T |
George M. Pullman | 7:06 | Read by David Olson |
Thomas A. Edison | 8:52 | Read by Availle |
Success And Failure | 10:43 | Read by Availle |
Concentration Of Effort | 9:10 | Read by Availle |
Self-Reliance | 11:05 | Read by Availle |
Economy Of Time | 7:28 | Read by Availle |
Causes Of Failure | 29:49 | Read by Availle |