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Audiobooks by Calista McCabe Courtenay
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Listen to the fascinating life of ""Honest Abe"", Abraham Lincoln. A great resource for school reports.
This biography traces the life of the 16th American president, Abraham Lincoln, from his early life on the frontier to his tragic assassination, with special emphasis on the events surrounding the American Civil War.
CONTENTS:
1. Birth of Abraham Lincoln and First Years in Kentucky - Removal to Indianna - Death of His Mother - Early Struggles for an Education - Removal to Illinois.
2. Lincoln Beginning Life in Illinois - Impressed by a Negro Slave Auction in New Orleans - In Politics - His Defeat and Later Election to the Legislature - Made Postmaster of New Salem - Settling in Springfield - Practising Law - Lincoln Married.
3. Lincoln Elected to Congress - Becomes Leader of New Republican Party - His Opposition to Slavery - His Debates with Stephen A. Douglas - Nominated for Senator and Defeated.
4. Lincoln Nominated for President - His Election - Southern States Secede from the Union - ""Confederate States of America"" Formed - Trouble with the South on the Slavery Question.
5. Lincoln Bids Farewell to Springfield - His Journey to Washington - His Inauguration - Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the Confederates - The Beginning of the Civil War - The Call to Arms.
6. Battle of Bull Run - General Grant's Victories in Tennessee and Mississippi - Battle between the ""Merrimac"" and the ""Monitor"" - Battle of Antietam - Emancipation Proclamation - Battle of Gettysburg - Grant Made Lieutenant-General - Lincoln's Address at Gettysburg.
7. Lincoln's Second Presidential Campaign - His Re-election and Inauguration - General Sherman's March through Georgia - The Surrender of General Lee - End of the Civil War - Lincoln Assassinated - Funeral Ceremonies.
Listen to the fascinating life of George Washington, the ""Father of the Republic"".
This biography traces the life of George Washington from his early life as a surveyor to his retirement at Mount Vernon, with special emphasis on his activities during the American Revolutionary War.
CONTENTS:
1. Washington's Early Life - Appointed as Surveyor - First Trip into the Wilderness - Entrusted with Message to the French. (1732-1754)
2. Washington Appointed a Member of Gen. Braddock's Staff - French and Indian War - Washington Made Commander of Virginia Forces - Causes of the American Revolution - Washington a Member of the First Continental Congress. (1755-1775)
3. Beginning of the Revolution - Washington Made Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army - British Forced to Leave Boston. (1775-1776)
4. Declaration of Independence Signed - Battle of Long Island - Battle of White Plains - Washington Crosses the Delaware and Surprises the Hessians at Trenton. (1776-1777)
5. Recapture of Fort Ticonderoga by Gen. Burgoyne - Battle of Brandywine - Battle of Germantown - Burgoyne's Surrender at Saratoga - Washington at Valley Forge - Alliance with France. (1777-1778)
6. Battle of Monmouth - Patriots Receive Aid from France - Recapture of Fort at Stony Point by Gen. Anthony Wayne - Washington at Morristown - Surrender of Charleston, S.C., to the British - Treason of Benedict Arnold. (1778-1780)
7. Gen. Gates Defeated at Camden, S.C. - Battle of King's Mountain - Washington Sends Aid to the South - Siege of Yorktown - Surrender of Lord Cornwallis - Peace Treaty Signed - Washington's Farewell to His Officers. (1780-1783)
8. Washington Retires to Mount Vernon - Inaugurated as First President of the United States - His Reelection - His Death at Mount Vernon. (1783-1799)
