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Indian Heroes and Great Chieftans

Read by Laura Caldwell


Charles Alexander Eastman


EVERY age, every race, has its leaders and heroes. There were over sixty distinct tribes of Indians on this continent, each of which boasted…

Fifty Famous Stories Retold

Read by Laura Caldwell


James Baldwin


Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin is a collection of short stories that give a snapshot into the life of a legendary hero or an e…

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

Read by Laura Caldwell


Isabella L. Bird


Isabella Bird began travelling while in her early twenties to help alleviate illness that had plagued her since childhood. She was a single …

The World I Live In

Read by Laura Caldwell


Helen Keller


The World I Live In by Helen Keller is a collection of essays that poignantly tells of her impressions of the world, through her sense of to…

One of My Sons

Read by Laura Victoria


Anna Katharine Green


A young girl frantically summons a gentleman walking by on the street to come in and help her grandfather. Arthur Outhwaite answers her cry …

The Life of Kit Carson

Read by Laura Victoria


Edward S. Ellis


Christopher Carson, or as he was familiarly called, Kit Carson, was a man whose real worth was understood only by those with whom he was ass…

Discoverers and Explorers

Read by Laura Caldwell


Edward R. Shaw


Tales of the brave and daring explorers that ventured into the unknown "Sea of Darkness" where it was thought monsters and angry g…

The Discovery of New Worlds

Read by Laura Caldwell


M. B. Synge


This is the second volume in the series, The Story of the World, which covers the period of history from the rise of Rome to the Conquest of…

The Hermit of ---- Street

Read by Laura Victoria


Anna Katharine Green


Delight Hunter spends her days looking out of her window at her handsome but very mysterious and reclusive next door neighbor. She walks st…

American History Stories, Volume 2

Read by Laura Caldwell


Mara L. Pratt


History is brought to life in the second volume of American History Stories by Mara L. Pratt. It is a wonderful introduction for children to…

By Pond and River

Read by Laura Caldwell


Arabella B. Buckley


In By Pond and River, another of Arabella Buckley's wonderful science books for children, she explains the habitats of ponds and rivers, exp…

Wild Life in Woods and Fields

Read by Laura Caldwell


Arabella B. Buckley


Wild Life in Woods and Fields by Arabella B. Buckley is a collection of stories that will encourage children to become little naturalists an…

The Awakening of Europe

Read by Laura Caldwell


M. B. Synge


The Awakening of Europe by M. B. Synge is the third book in the series, Story of the World. Included in this history is a myriad of interest…

Birds of the Air

Read by Laura Caldwell


Arabella B. Buckley


Arabella Buckley had a great love of nature and wished to impart that love to children. Birds of the Air will encourage children to observe …

The Autobiography of an Electron

Read by Laura Victoria


Charles R. Gibson


"While many scientific men now understand our place in the universe, we electrons are anxious that every person should know the very im…

Squirrels and Other Fur-bearers

Read by Laura Caldwell


John Burroughs


Squirrels and other Fur-Bearers, a collection of essays by American naturalist and essayist, John Burroughs, provides fascinating insight in…

From the Deep Woods to Civilization: Chapters in the Autobiography of an Indian

Read by Laura Victoria


Charles Alexander Eastman


From the Deep Woods to Civilization is the sequel to Indian Boyhood. Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) gives his account of what it was like to tran…

The Child's Book of American Biography

Read by Laura Victoria


Mary Stoyell Stimpson


In every country there have been certain men and women whose busy lives have made the world better or wiser. The names of such are heard so …

Ruth of Boston: A Story of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Read by Laura Caldwell


James Otis


James Otis wrote a series of books depicting life in the new colonies, written from a child's point of view. Ruth of Boston is the story of …

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