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Thirty More Famous Stories Retold

Public domain audiobook

Thirty More Famous Stories Retold

by James Baldwin

English· 05:03:16· 31 chapters
Thirty More Famous Stories Retold, the sequel to the popular Fifty Famous Stories Retold, retells the stories of legendary people and mythological figures in simple, easy-to-understand language appropriate for intermediate readers and listeners of all ages. Contained within are the fascinating and thrilling stories from science and myth, from Camelot and Rome, that every child should know. In James Baldwin's introduction he explains that: "Nearly all the stories are true, and there are not more than three or four that might not have happened. In every one there is something worth learning and remembering." - Summary by Introduction & Jill Engle

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Dedication; To the Boys and Girls

    03:00
  2. Chapter 2

    Columbus and the Egg

    03:41
  3. Chapter 3

    Upon A Peak in Darien--First Story

    06:32
  4. Chapter 4

    Upon A Peak in Darien--Second Story

    05:03
  5. Chapter 5

    The Fountain of Youth

    07:16
  6. Chapter 6

    Eureka!

    06:51
  7. Chapter 7

    Galileo and the Lamps

    03:58
  8. Chapter 8

    Sir Isaac Newton and the Apple

    05:13
  9. Chapter 9

    The First Printer

    06:28
  10. Chapter 10

    John Gutenberg and the Voices

    04:49
  11. Chapter 11

    James Watt and the Teakettle

    05:16
  12. Chapter 12

    Dr. John and His Father

    09:23
  13. Chapter 13

    Webster and the Woodchuck

    07:24
  14. Chapter 14

    Friar Bacon and the Brazen Head

    18:49
  15. Chapter 15

    As Rich as Croesus

    08:45
  16. Chapter 16

    The Gordian Knot

    09:50
  17. Chapter 17

    Why Alexander Wept

    03:29
  18. Chapter 18

    King Richard and Blondel

    15:37
  19. Chapter 19

    King John and Prince Arthur

    13:27
  20. Chapter 20

    King John and the Magna Charta

    06:46
  21. Chapter 21

    Frederick Barbarossa

    14:03
  22. Chapter 22

    The Man in the Iron Mask

    06:30
  23. Chapter 23

    The Fall of Troy

    23:43
  24. Chapter 24

    Penelope's Web

    27:44
  25. Chapter 25

    How Rome Was Founded

    24:19
  26. Chapter 26

    How Decius Mus Saved Rome

    05:08
  27. Chapter 27

    Delenda est Carthago!

    07:39
  28. Chapter 28

    Hannibal, the Hero of Carthage

    07:42
  29. Chapter 29

    Crossing the Rubicon

    06:18
  30. Chapter 30

    The White-headed Zal

    12:50
  31. Chapter 31

    Peter Klaus the Goatherd

    15:43