The World’s Story Volume XII: The United States by Eva March TAPPAN (1854 - 1930) Genre(s): Poetry, War & Military, History Read by: Sonia, Piotr Nater, Alan Mapstone, Kristine Bekere, April6090, Rita Boutros, Tomas Peter, Sonrisa Jones, Availle, Jim Locke, Lynda Marie Neilson, bellanelson875, Devorah Allen, Colleen McMahon, ToddHW, BettyB, Monika M. C., Cliona Woodbyrne, Parsa2020 in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Raising the first American flag, by E. Percy Moran, American artist, 1862, painting, frontispiece 00:01:58 - 02 - The United States Part I: Discovery: Historical note 00:03:30 - 03 - The great voyage of Leif Ericson (1001), from the Sagas 00:13:56 - 04 - Columbus (1492), by Joaquin Miller 00:16:34 - 05 - Verrazzano's letter to the king (1524) 00:31:02 - 06 - The United States Part II: Stories of the Spanish adventurers: Historical note 00:33:04 - 07 - Ponce de Leon seeks the fountain of youth (1513), by Frederick A. Ober 00:43:53 - 08 - A Spanish peddler among the Indians (1528), by Cabeza de Vaca 00:57:33 - 09 - The story of John Ortiz (1528), by one of the companions of De Soto 01:06:34 - 10 - When De Soto met the princess (1541), by Theodore Irving 01:23:55 - 11 - The burial of De Soto in the Mississippi river (1542), by Theodore Irving 01:31:38 - 12 - The United States Part III: The cliff-dwellers of the Southwest: Historical note 01:33:01 - 13 - The seven cities of the wilderness, by John Fiske 01:39:33 - 14 - How the cliff-dwellers lived, by T. Mitchell Prudden 02:06:53 - 15 - How Little-Blue-Fox fooled the Coyote, a Pueblo folk-story retold by Charles F. Lummis 02:15:50 - 16 - The storming of the sky-city (1599), by Charles F. Lummis 02:44:19 - 17 - The United States Part IV: The planting of the Southern colonies: Historical note 02:46:59 - 18 - The Huguenots in Florida (1562-1565), by George Bancroft 03:09:01 - 19 - The lost colonoy of Roanoke Island (1584-1587), by Robert Southey 03:19:57 - 20 - John Smith as a captive among the Indians (1607-1608), by Captain John Smith 03:33:06 - 21 - Pocahontas and Captain John Smith, by F. C. Yohn, American artist, 1875, painting p. 122 03:35:59 - 22 - The arrival of ''the King's Maids'' (1620), by Mary Johnston 03:51:04 - 23 - Life on a Virginia plantation (seventeenth century), by Eva March Tappan 04:01:00 - 24 - The planting of the colony of Maryland, by Frank B. Mayer, American artist, painting p. 136 04:03:48 - 25 - How Oglethorpe saved Georgia from Spain (1743), by Cyrus Townsend Brady 04:26:33 - 26 - The United States Part V: The settlement of New England: Historical note 04:28:45 - 27 - When Gosnold came to Cuttyhunk (1602), by John Brereton 04:44:31 - 28 - The departure of the pilgrims from Holland, from an old Dutch painting, painting p. 160 04:47:12 - 29 - The coming of the pilgrims (1620), by William Elliot Griffis 04:57:21 - 30 - The challenge of the rattlesnake skin (1621), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 05:06:07 - 31 - The graves of the pilgrims, by Henry Bacon, American artist, 1840, painting p. 174 05:07:49 - 32 - Endicott and the red cross (1634), by Nathaniel Hawthorne 05:23:15 - 33 - How Providence won its name (1636), by George Bancroft 05:32:56 - 34 - The Indian Bible (1661-1663), by Nathaniel Hawthorne 05:42:03 - 35 - Questions that the Indians asked John Eliot 05:44:04 - 36 - The United States Part VI: New Netherland and Pennsylvania: Historical note 05:46:55 - 37 - The first voyage up the Hudson river (1609), by John Fiske 05:54:13 - 38 - How feudalism came to New Netherland (1630), by William Elliot Griffis 06:00:56 - 39 - Social life in New Netherland (seventeenth century), by William Elliot Griffis 06:13:57 - 40 - Wouter van Twiller, governor of New Netherland, by Washington Irving 06:25:39 - 41 - The edict of William the Testy, by George H. Boughton, British-American painter, 1836-1905, painting p. 218 06:28:31 - 42 - How New Amsterdam became New York (1664), by Washington Irving 06:51:26 - 43 - William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania (1682), by Eva March Tappan This is the twelfth volume of the 15-volume series of The World's Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Part XII compiles stories about the early history of the United States, starting with the first explorators, the fights with the native Americans, the early settlers and culminating with the struggle for independence from the European leaders. - Summary by Sonia More information: https://librivox.org/worlds-story-volume-xii-united-states-by-eva-march-tappan/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Extracts from 'The New and Complete Newgate Calendar', Vol. 1 by William JACKSON ( - ) Genre(s): *Non-fiction, History Read by: Roy Schreiber in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - 01 - Michael & Catherine van Berghen and Gerard Dromelius, Rev. Thomas Hunter 00:32:01 - 02 - 02 - Captain John Kidd, Henry Strodtman 01:02:05 - 03 - 03 - Mary Adams, John Peter Dramatti, John Smith, Deborah Churchill, Daniel Damaree & George Purchase 01:35:58 - 04 - 04 - Richard Thornhill, Elizabeth Mason, Richard Town, Richard Noble 02:20:16 - 05 - 05 - Particulars respecting the Lords and other persons who were tried on account of the rebellion in the year 1715. 03:07:31 - 06 - 06 - John Hamilton, Edward Bird, Catherine Jones, William Spiggot & Thomas Phillips, John Meff, Nathaniel Hawes 03:44:15 - 07 - 07 - Arundel Cooke & John Woodburne, John Hawkins & George Simpson, Margaret Fisher 04:17:28 - 08 - 08 - Richard Oaky, John Levee & Matthew Flood, Alexander Day, William Hawksworth, Thomas Athoe sr.& jr, 04:47:53 - 09 - Captain John Massy, Philip Roche, William Duce & James Butler, Humphrey Angier, the Waltham Blacks 05:23:19 - 10 - John Stanley, Stephen Gardener, Francis Brightwell, & Benjamin Brightwell 06:00:18 - 11 - Joseph Blake, otherwise Blueskin, John (Jack) Sheppard Volume One of the New and Complete Newgate Calendar, covering the years 1700 through 1723, relates stories of British trials, the persons accused and the crimes committed. It is primarily based upon contemporary newspaper and pamphlet accounts of these trials. Where the criminal is particularly well known, such as the highwayman, burglar and escape artist Jack Sheppard, other sources were used as well. The readings used here are selected to illustrate different aspects of the eighteenth century criminal world and the British legal system.(Summary by Roy Shreiber) More information: http://librivox.org/extracts-from-the-new-and-complete-newgate-calendar-vol-1-by-william-jackson/