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True Stories of Wonderful Deeds

Anonymous

37 short pieces perfect for newer recorders. These one page Stories of (mostly) Wonderful Deeds were written for Little Folk to teach them about famous incidents in their history. Bonnie Prince Charlie, Nelson and Hardy, Bruce and the Spider, David Livingston, Canute, Sir Philip Sydney, and Elizabeth and Raleigh are just some of the well known people and incidents covered in short stories. (Summary by phil chenevert)

Genre(s): Historical, General

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	The Royal Oak	Snapdragon	00:03:29
Play 02	Bonnie Prince Charlie	Snapdragon	00:01:58
Play 03	Nelson and Hardy	Snapdragon	00:02:05
Play 04	Watt and the Kettle	Snapdragon	00:02:06
Play 05	Queen Victoria and her Soldiers	Snapdragon	00:02:05
Play 06	The Relief of Lucknow	Snapdragon	00:02:04
Play 07	Grace Darling	Snapdragon	00:02:01
Play 08	David Livingstone	Snapdragon	00:02:10
Play 09	The Battle of Waterloo	Snapdragon	00:02:03
Play 10	The Charge of the Light Brigade	Snapdragon	00:02:25
Play 11	The Coronation of King Edward VII	Carmen H	00:02:18
Play 12	War	AaronW	00:01:16
Play 13	A Boy's Heroic Deeds	Bill Mosley	00:06:01
Play 14	A Cat's Extraordinary Leap	AaronW	00:02:13
Play 15	A Brave Queen, Boadacea	PitFace	00:03:20
Play 16	King Alfred and the Cakes	Celeste	00:01:57
Play 17	Not Angles, but Angels	Nolan Fout	00:02:26
Play 18	Hereward the Wake	Carmen H	00:02:09
Play 19	Canute	Bill Mosley	00:02:37
Play 20	The Brave Men of Calais	jdmars	00:03:01
Play 21	Wat Tyler	Carmen H	00:03:10
Play 22	Bruce and the Spider	Nolan Fout	00:02:36
Play 23	Richard and Blondel	Carmen H	00:02:16
Play 24	The White Ship	Carmen H	00:02:06
Play 25	Joan of Arc	PitFace	00:01:50
Play 26	Afloat With A Tiger	Snapdragon	00:05:51
Play 27	Queen Margaret and the Robbers	Snapdragon	00:03:39
Play 28	William Caxton	Snapdragon	00:01:59
Play 29	Sir Philip Sidney	Snapdragon	00:03:31
Play 30	The "Revenge"	Snapdragon	00:02:34
Play 31	The Pilgrim Fathers	Snapdragon	00:01:56
Play 32	Guy Fawkes	Snapdragon	00:01:49
Play 33	Cromwell and his Ironsides	Snapdragon	00:01:56
Play 34	The Spanish Armada	Snapdragon	00:02:01
Play 35	The Defence of Lathom House	Snapdragon	00:01:50
Play 36	The Outlawed Archers	Snapdragon	00:01:52
Play 37	Elizabeth and Raleigh	Snapdragon	00:02:06

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