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Good Stories for Great Birthdays

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"Here are over 200 stories celebrating 23 great birthdays of patriot-founders and upbuilders of the Republics of both North and South America. In the stories are more than 75 historical characters, men, women, and children. The arrangement follows the school-year, beginning in October with Columbus." The stories included are to be read by or to children as an introduction to the biographies of many fascinating and important Americans. - Summary by From the Preface and by Lynne Thompson (10 hr 14 min)

Chapters

Foreward

12:15

Read by brianna

October 12 Columbus and Discoverer's Day

45:31

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

October 14 William Penn, The Founder of Pennsylvania

17:37

Read by Lynne T

October 27 Theodore Roosevelt, America's Hero: The Square Deal, Theodore Roose…

37:46

Read by Dusty Brailsford

October 30 John Adams, The Son of Liberty

24:52

Read by Lynne T

November 15 William Pitt, Defender of America

18:35

Read by Lynne T

December 2 Dom Pedro the Second, the Magnanimus, the Best Republican in Brazil

26:00

Read by brianna

December 20 William Bradford, and the Landing of the Pilgrims

28:09

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

January 7 General Israel Putnam, 'Old Put'

12:45

Read by Lynne T

January 11 Alexander Hamilton, Defender of the Constitution

9:59

Read by BettyB

January 17 Benjamin Franklin, the American Socrates

11:17

Read by BettyB

February 12 Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator

17:28

Read by BettyB

February 22 George Washington, The Father of his Country Part 1

29:20

Read by Sarah Jump

February 22 George Washington, The Father of his Country Part 2

36:02

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

February 25 Jose de San Martin of Argentina, The Protector Part 1

31:47

Read by mparker

February 25 Jose de San Martin of Argentina, The Protector Part 2

31:34

Read by mparker

March 15 Andrew Jackson, Old Hickory

35:30

Read by Bill Mosley

April 13 Thomas Jefferson, The Framer of the Declaration of Independence

13:24

Read by BettyB

May 29 Patrick Henry, The Orator of the War for Independence

9:31

Read by BettyB

June 9 Francisco de Miranda of Venezuela, the Flaming Son of Liberty

29:21

Read by Natasha Fisher

June 23-24 Roger Williams and the Founding of Providence

9:55

Read by Janis Hopkins Salmon

July 6 John Paul Jones, America's Immortal Sea-Fighter

17:03

Read by Janis Hopkins Salmon

July 24 Simon Bolivar of Venezuela, the Liberator

27:05

Read by Natasha Fisher

August 20 Bernardo O'Higgins, First Soldier, First Citizen of Chile

21:26

Read by Siobhan McAlpin

September 6 The Marquis de Lafayette, the Friend of America

17:23

Read by BettyB

September 24 John Marshall, the Expounder of the Constitution

42:32

Read by Beau Wood