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Title: Instructions to Light Keepers

Author: United States Lighthouse Board

Narrator: Maria Kasper

Length: 1 hr 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/16/2017

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: History, North America

Publisher's Summary:

"Office of the Light-House Board, Washington, D.C. July 1, 1881. The following Instructions are published for the guidance of light-keepers. They are required to read them carefully and attentively, and to refer to them whenever they are any doubt in regard to their duties or the manner of performing them. Each keeper and assistant keeper will be furnished with a copy, to be kept and used at the light-stations where they are employed; to be handed over to their successors when they are relieved or discharged or left at the light-stations in case there should be no successors. By order of the Light-House Board." ( from introductory notice to book)

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Title: New Discoveries at Jamestown

Author: John L. Cotter

Narrator: Mark F. Smith

Length: 2 hrs 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/10/2017

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: History, North America

Publisher's Summary:

Chances are, you are reading this because you are aware that Jamestown, Virginia, celebrated its 400th birthday in 2007. It was the first "successful" English settlement in America. Although the colonists eventually moved upriver to be quit of the hard luck and difficult conditions on the small island, they left behind a trove of possessions - used, worn out, or forgotten.

Did you ever stop to consider just how many different items you have, need, or use, to live, work, and amuse yourself? Chances are that you would seriously underestimate! But once you put such a list together, another person could tell quite a story about the life you lead.

The puzzle of archeology is how to tell that story, just from the discovery of the traces you leave behind. Literally hundreds of thousands of artifacts have been recovered from this pioneering community during three major efforts (1903, the 1950's, and 1994-present) to reconstruct how Europeans of the early 17th century managed to transplant themselves to a wild and hostile land.

The authors, writing for the National Park Service in 1956, relate a fascinating tale of the colonists' resources, their possessions, and their manufactures. They relate documentary evidence from England, Virginia, and elsewhere, and then match it up with items found on the site.

Think about packing for a trip to a new world, where you will spend the rest of your life. There are no shops, no regular supply deliveries. You will build your own home. Food is strictly grown or caught on your own. The local folks (Indians) may be (and were, at some times!) hostile to your presence. You will depend on only a few dozen other people to help you with the things you don't know how to do, and they will depend on you. How do you prepare? What do you take?

This is that story.

(Summary by Mark F. Smith)

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Title: Chronicles of Canada Volume 19 - Pathfinders of the Great Plains

Author: Lawrence J. Burpee

Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers

Length: 2 hrs 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/9/2017

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: History, North America

Publisher's Summary:

This is volume 19 of The Chronicles of Canada series. This is the account of La Verendryes' quest for an overland route to the Pacific Ocean. (Summary by Esther)

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Title: Chronicles of Canada Volume 01 - The Dawn of Canadian History: A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada

Author: Stephen Leacock

Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers

Length: 2 hrs 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/8/2017

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: History, North America

Publisher's Summary:

This book describes Canada from the beginning of existence to its first European discoverers and includes a brief history of the aboriginal people. These little books were designed to cover Canadian history in a scholarly and readable fashion.

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Title: History of Billy the Kid

Author: Charles A. Siringo

Narrator: Roger Melin

Length: 2 hrs 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/5/2017

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: History, North America

Publisher's Summary:

A cowboy outlaw whose youthful daring has never been equalled in the annals of criminal history.

When a bullet pierced his heart he was less than twenty-two years of age, and had killed twenty-one men, Indians not included.

The author feels that he is capable of writing a true and unvarnished history of "Billy the Kid," as he was personally acquainted with him, and assisted in his capture, by furnishing Sheriff Pat Garrett with three of his fighting cowboys--Jas. H. East, Lee Hall and Lon Chambers.

The facts set down in this narrative were gotten from the lips of "Billy the Kid," himself, and from such men as Pat Garrett, John W. Poe, Kip McKinnie, Charlie Wall, the Coe Brothers, Tom O'Phalliard, Henry Brown, John Middleton, Martin Chavez, and Ash Upson. All these men took an active part, for or against, the "Kid." Ash Upson had known him from childhood, and was considered one of the family, for several years, in his mother's home.

Other facts were gained from the lips of Mrs. Charlie Bowdre, who kept "Billy the Kid," hid out at her home in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, after he had killed his two guards and escaped. (Introduction by the author)

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Title: Starved Rock: A Historical Sketch

Author: Eaton G. Osman

Narrator: Veronica Jenkins

Length: 2 hrs 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/4/2017

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: History, North America

Publisher's Summary:

This book is an early history of the Starved Rock Area in Northern Illinois. In the pre-Columbian era, the Starved Rock area was home to Native Americans, particularly the Kaskaskia who lived in the Grand Village of the Illinois across the river. Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette were the first Europeans recorded as exploring the region, and by 1683, the French had established Fort St. Louis on a large sandstone butte overlooking the river. According to a native legend, a group of Illinois Confederation (Illini) pursued by the Ottawa and Potawatomi fled to the butte in the late 18th century. The Ottawa and Potawatomi besieged the butte until all of the Illini had starved, and the butte became known as Starved Rock. The butte area was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1960. (Introduction by Wikipedia and Veronica Jenkins)

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Title: Chronicles of Canada Volume 23 - The Cariboo Trail: A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia

Author: Agnes C. Laut

Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers

Length: 2 hrs 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/4/2017

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: History, North America

Publisher's Summary:

Between the California and Yukon/Klondike gold rushes was the Cariboo Gold Rush in what would become northern British Columbia. The first discovery was made in 1859, but the rush didn't get underway in earnest until 1861. This short work documents the story of this lesser-known era and how it directly affected the development of British Columbia. (Summary by TriciaG)

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Title: Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 005

Author: Various Authors

Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers

Length: 2 hrs 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/4/2017

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: History, North America

Publisher's Summary:

A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, philosophy, nature and religion. Included in this collection are The Emanicpation Proclamation and Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln, Prinicpal Doctrines by Epicurus, Fox and Hound and the preface to The Breath of Life both by John Burroughs, The Wentworth Letter by Joseph Smith, and The Rhythm of Life by Alice Meynell. From the New York Times, April 10, 1817 is an account of the Canadian capture of Vimy Ridge, Haig Strikes Near Arras and from the September 1921 issue of Vanity Fair an article on The Flapper - A New Type. And for the those with more than a passing in the history of railways/roads, the Report of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade from February 1845 which impacted the gauge wars of the mid-nineteenth century in England wraps up the list! (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

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Title: Yellowstone National Park: Six Early Pieces

Author: Various Authors

Narrator: David Wales

Length: 5 hrs 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/1/2017

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: History, North America

Publisher's Summary:

Lost in the wilderness of The Yellowstone for over a month, nearly dying of starvation and wild animal attack, despairing of ever finding his way out.

Here are six relatively unknown early pieces about the U.S.A.s first national park. The first is a U.S. Geological booklet about initial exploration and Congresss institution of the park. The next two are articles from Scribners Monthly, 1871, a very popular magazine of the time, describing the parks features (vol 2 #1 pp 1-17 and vol 2 #2 pp 113-128) .

The fourth piece is a narrative by the leader of the exploratory expedition described in the first piece, H.V. Hayden (Scribners Monthly, vol 3#2 pp 388-396, February 1872) The fifth piece is a lecture on the park by a very popular lecturer and writer, 1900 (John L. Stoddards Lectures, vol 10). The last piece is a mans first-person narrative of his being lost in the Yellowstone wilderness for thirty-seven days, 1871, Scribners Monthly again (vol 3#1). - Summary by david wales

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Title: This Country of Ours, Part 7

Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

Narrator: Kara Shallenberg

Length: 5 hrs 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/1/2017

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: History, North America

Publisher's Summary:

Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall's book of stories from the history of the United States begins with accounts of exploration and settlement, and ends with the presidency of Woodrow Wilson.

This is Part 7: Stories of the United States under the Constitution, from chapter 64 (Washington First in War, First in Peace) to chapter 99 (Wilson - The Great War).