Hero Tales from History
Author(s): Smith Burnham
Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography
Narrators: Larry Wilson, Philip Watson, LikeManyWaters, Wayne Cooke, Ciufi Galeazzi, John, Elijah Fisher, Markus Milla Zuefle, BettyB, Rita Boutros, Ruth P., Elisabeth Holland, David Yu, Utek, Marilyn Rakes, Allan R. Tate, ChadH94, KevinS, Sam Collier
Number of Chapters: 62
Length: 10 hours and 50 minutes
Language: English
This volume celebrates stories of great heroes from the pages of history from Moses and David through Clara Barton and Henry Longfellow. It is divided into nine sections: Mighty Men of Long Ago, Heroes of the Middle Ages, Four Leaders in the Old World, Discoverers and Explorers, Colonists and Pioneers, Patriots of the Revolution, Winners of the West, Famous Inventors, and The Greatest Americans, It is written from a distinct Western and American point of view, but each chapter is a short summary of these people deemed “heroes.”
John Burnham was chair of the History and Social Sciences Department at Western State Normal School and Western State Teachers College. He was a nationally known history and social studies educator, and author or co-author of six elementary and secondary U.S. history textbooks that were widely used throughout the United States during the 1920s and 1930
- Summary by Larry Wilson