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Historic Boyhoods

Historic Boyhoods

by Rupert S. Holland
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  • Price: $0.00
  • Provider: Librivox
  • Languages: 
    English
  • Genres: 
    Unknown
  • Narrators: 
    Lynne T
  • Published: 1909
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Most boys grow up to be honest, maybe even good, men, but do not stand out from the crowd. Occasionally, along comes a boy who is destined, either by character or circumstance, to make his mark on the world. In this work are included 21 biographical sketches of boys who became famous in the arts, affairs of state or exploration and discovery. Historical fact is blended with surmise and imagination to bring these boyhoods alive. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Chapters6h 56m

01
Christopher Columbus The Boy of Genoa: 1446(?)-1506
20:10
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02
Michael Angelo The Boy of the Medici Gardens: 1475-1564
23:26
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03
Walter Raleigh The Boy of Devon: 1552-1618
22:25
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04
Peter the Great The Boy of the Kremlin: 1672-1725
19:25
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05
Frederick the Great The Boy of Potsdam: 1712-1788
22:44
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06
George Washington The Boy of the Old Dominion: 1732-1799
20:58
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07
Daniel Boone The Boy of the Frontier: 1735-1820
19:41
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08
John Paul Jones The Boy of the Atlantic: 1747-1792
16:34
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09
Mozart The Boy of Salzburg: 1756-1791
21:13
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10
Lafayette The Boy of Versailles: 1757-1834
22:18
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11
Horatio Nelson The Boy of the Channel Fleet: 1758-1805
19:30
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12
Robert Fulton The Boy of the Conestoga: 1765-1815
16:37
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13
Andrew Jackson The Boy of the Carolinas: 1767-1845
24:08
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14
Napoleon Bonaparte The Boy of Brienne: 1769-1821
19:02
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15
Walter Scott The Boy of the Canongate: 1771-1832
20:40
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16
James Fenimore Cooper The Boy of Otsego Hall: 1789-1851
17:25
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17
John Ericsson The Boy of the Göta Canal: 1803-1889
15:43
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18
Garibaldi The Boy of the Mediterranean: 1807-1882
18:41
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19
Abraham Lincoln The Boy of the American Wilderness: 1809-1865
20:37
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20
Charles Dickens The Boy of the London Streets: 1812-1870
20:18
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21
Otto von Bismarck The Boy of Göttingen: 1815-1898
14:29
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