History

Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian

by Alma Lutz Read by PhyllisV 4.9
Alma Lutz's outstanding biography of Susan B. Anthony is revered for its descriptive power, attention to detail and historical significance …

Twee redevoeringen tegen de slavernij

by Nicolaas Beets Read by Edith van der Have-Raats 3.8
In 2013 is het hondervijftig jaar geleden dat Nederland de slavernij in de West-Indische koloniën (Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen)…

The Empresses of Constantinople

by Joseph Martin McCabe and Joseph Martin Mccabe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
In concluding an earlier volume on the mistresses of the western Roman Empire I observed that, as the gallery of fair and frail ladies close…

Great Epochs in American History

by Francis Whiting Halsey Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
This is the third volume in ten volume series of great epochs in the history of the United States, from the landing of Columbus to the build…

From Pole to Pole

by Sven Hedin Read by Steven Seitel 4.7
This book was first published in 1912. It is a simplified English translation of the author's Från pol till pol: genom Asien och Europ…

The United States

by Eva March Tappan Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
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 …

The Fathers of the Constitution

by Max Farrand Read by Jim Locke 3.8
In this next installment of the Chronicles of America, Farrand takes American history from peace treaty, to trade, to confederation, to furt…

War Flying by a Pilot

by Lessel Finer Hutcheon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Published in 1917, this "little volume of 'Theta’s' letters to his home people" was assembled to provide useful information for yo…

Beacon Lights of History

by John Lord Read by KHand 4.8
Continuing the series with European Leaders, Dr. Lord discusses William IV, Sir Robert Peel, Cavour, Czar Nicholas, Louis Napoleon, Prince B…

The Suffragette

by E. Sylvia Pankhurst Read by Celine Major 4.3
This history of the Women's Suffrage agitation is written at a time when the question is in the very forefront of British politics. What the…

The World’s Story

by Karl Ploetz Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The fourteenth volume of the 15-volume series The World’s Story has a different concept than the previous books edited by Eva March Tappan. …

The County Regiment

by Dudley Landon Vaill Read by Epistomolus 4.7
The County Regiment offers a detailed account of the Second Regiment of Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery, tracing its origins as the Ni…

The New Colossus

by Emma Lazarus Read by LibriVox Volunteers 1
The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus is a powerful sonnet that redefines the image of America as a welcoming refuge for immigrants. Written in 1…

Crusaders of New France

by William Bennett Munro Read by Jim Locke 0.5
The previous volumes in the Chronicles of America series placed Spain and England at the fore in the discovery and development of the New Wo…

Washington and his Comrades in Arms

by George Wrong Read by Jim Locke 5
This twelfth volume in the Chronicles of America (series) follows the lengthy and difficult war against England for independence as led by G…

American Leaders and Heroes

by Wilbur F. Gordy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
Historian Wilbur F. Gordy presents short chapters on well-known American figures from the viewpoint of the early twentieth century, includin…

The Turing Solution

4.6
The Turing Solution explores the life and contributions of Alan Turing, a pivotal figure in the development of computer science and code-bre…

America Looks Abroad

by American Foreign Policy Association 5
America Looks Abroad was a 15-minute news and commentary show produced by the nonpartisan American Foreign Policy Association. It was broadc…

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