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Hero Tales from History

by Smith BURNHAM (1866 - 1947)

Preface

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

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Listen next episodes of Hero Tales from History:
Alexander Hamilton, The Orphan Boy from the West Indies , Alexander, The Boy Who Conquered the World , Alfred, The Greatest of the Saxon Kings , Andrew Jackson, America's Most Popular Hero , Benjamin Franklin, The Boy Who Was Diligent in Business , Champlain, The Father of New France , Clara Barton, "The Angel of the Battlefield" , Columbus, the Map-maker Who Found a New World , Cortes, The Conqueror , Cyrus H. M'cormick and the Story of the Reaper , Daniel Boone, The Great Indian Fighter of Kentucky , David, The Giant-killer King , Davy Crockett, The Hero of the Alamo , Davy Farragut, The Hero of Mobile Bay , De Soto, A Gold Hunter in Southern Swamps , Edison, The Wizard of Many Inventions , Elias Howe and His Sewing Machine , Four Familiar Sayings of Julius Caesar , Fulton's Folly , General Marion, The Carolina "Swamp Fox" , George Rogers Clark, The Young Hero with a Great Idea , George Washington and His Mother , Henry Hudson, The Man Who Put Himself on the Map , Henry W. Longfellow, The American Children's Poet , Homer, The Hero Poet of Ancient Greece , How Cromwell Changed Places with the King , How Eli Whitney Made Cotton King , How Morse Sent Letters by Lightning , How William of Normandy Conquered a Kingdom , Joan of Arc and the Lilies of France , John Smith, The Captain of Many Adventures , John Winthrop, A Puritan Maker of Massachusetts , La Salle And The Mouth of The Mississippi , Lafayette, The Boy Hero of Two Worlds , Lewis and Clark, Two Adventurers in the Far West , Lion-hearted Richard and Wolf-hearted John , Livingstone, The White Man of the Dark Continent , Lord Baltimore, Calvert and Claiborne, The Three Fathers of Maryland , Magellan, The Man of the Straits , Moses, The Greatest Law-giver, and the Meekest Man , Myles Standish, The Brave Little Captain of Plymouth , Napoleon, The Corsican Boy Who Ruled Europe , Nathan Hale, Who Spoke the Bravest Words in History , Nelson, The Hero of Trafalgar , Patrick Henry, The "Firebrand of the Revolution" , Peary, A Hero of the Great White North , Roger Williams, A Minister Who Lived the Golden Rule , Shakespeare, The Greatest Maker of Plays , Sir Francis Drake, England's First Great Sailor , Sir Walter Raleigh, The Favorite of Good Queen Bess , Socrates, The "Grand Old Man" of Greece , The Christmas Crowning of Charlemagne , The Immortal Reply of John Paul Jones , The Kind Heart of Abraham Lincoln , The Noble Soul of Robert E. Lee , The Strenuous Life of Roosevelt , Thomas Jefferson, The Father of Democracy , Ulysses S. Grant, The General Who Hated War , Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Three Great Champions in Congress , William Penn, The Founder of Pennsylvania , Wolfe and Montcalm, The Rival Heroes of Quebec