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American Leaders and Heroes

Historian Wilbur F. Gordy presents short chapters on well-known American figures from the viewpoint of the early twentieth century, including explorers, political leaders, military figures and inventors. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Year of Publication: 1907Genres: History

Running Time: 06 hours 20 minutes 52 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Preface Larry Wilson	4:16
2	Christopher Columbus and the Discovery Of America 1436-1506 Ethan Voth	22:12
3	Hernando De Soto and the Discovery of the Mississippi 1500-1542 Piotr Nater	10:47
4	Sir Walter Raleigh and the First English Attempts to Colonize America 1552-1618 Piotr Nater	13:26
5	John Smith and the Settlement of Jamestown 1579-1631 michaelnelson14356	14:48
6	Nathaniel Bacon and the Uprising of the People in Virginia in 1676 1647-1676 Piotr Nater	10:03
7	Miles Standish and the Pilgrims 1584-1656 Piotr Nater	21:02
8	Roger Williams and the Puritans 1599-1683 Tatiana Chichilla	10:15
9	William Penn and the Settlement of Pennsylvania 1644-1718 B.T. Sullivan	13:26
10	Cavelier De La Salle and the French in the Mississippi Valley 1643-1687 Piotr Nater	15:06
11	George Washington, the Boy Surveyor and Young Soldier 1732-1799 Kyle Donelan	22:58
12	James Wolfe, the Hero of 1727-1759 Andrew Gaunce	10:27
13	Patrick Henry and the Stamp Act 1736-1799 Ethan Voth	12:51
14	Samuel Adams and the Boston Tea Party 1722-1803 Margaret	9:23
15	Paul Revere and the Battle of Concord and Lexington 1735-1818 Wayne Cooke	11:52
16	Benjamin Franklin and Aid from France 1706-1790 Tommy Aguilar	15:31
17	George Washington, the Virginia Planter and the Revolutionary Soldier 1732-1799 Tommy Aguilar	25:37
18	Nathaniel Greene, the Hero of the South, and Francis Marion, the ''Swamp Fox,'' 1742-1786 Chad Jackson	12:37
19	Daniel Boone, the Kentucky Pioneer 1735-1820 Chad Jackson	13:29
20	Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase 1743-1826 Chad Jackson	12:48
21	Robert Fulton and the Steamboat, Fulton 1765-1815 Alan Mapstone	10:05
22	Andrew Jackson, the Upholder of the Union 1767-1845 KevinS	12:37
23	Daniel Webster, the Defender and Expounder of the Constitution 1782-1852 BettyB	12:36
24	Samuel Finley Breese Morse and the Electric Telegraph 1791-1872 Ciufi Galeazzi	12:34
25	Abraham Lincoln, the Liberator of the Slaves 1809-1865 Margaret	22:14
26	Ulysses Simpson Grant and the Civil War 1822-1885 Hannah Yu	13:13
27	Some Leaders and Heroes in the War with Spain 1898-1899 Hannah Yu	14:39