American Leaders and Heroes

by Wilbur F. GORDY (1854 - 1929)

Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase 1743-1826

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


Listen next episodes of American Leaders and Heroes:
Abraham Lincoln, the Liberator of the Slaves 1809-1865 , Andrew Jackson, the Upholder of the Union 1767-1845 , Daniel Webster, the Defender and Expounder of the Constitution 1782-1852 , Robert Fulton and the Steamboat, Fulton 1765-1815 , Samuel Finley Breese Morse and the Electric Telegraph 1791-1872 , Some Leaders and Heroes in the War with Spain 1898-1899 , Ulysses Simpson Grant and the Civil War 1822-1885