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History made interesting for young readers—This Country of Ours by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall provides a simple and easy to comprehend way of looking at the history of the United States.

Arranged chronologically in seven long chapters, it presents events in a story form, making them memorable and very different from other formats. One of the challenges that writers of history face is about fleshing out the characters and making the bland repetition of dates and dynasties seem relevant to modern day readers. Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall was a British writer who wrote several children's books. Her most famous work is Our Island Story, a book of British history, which was considered to be the definitive children's history of Britain for more than half a century. However, some of Marshall's books may be found to be historically inaccurate, racially biased and often rely on mythology, legend and even Shakespeare as the source of material.

This Country of Ours was published in the UK in 1917 and later was also reissued as The Story of the United States in 1919. It begins with a brief account of the Vikings and how they were the people who really discovered America, before the advent of Columbus. The story of Columbus and his famous expedition are thrillingly recounted along with stories of the English and French explorers who also sailed to the New World. New England, the Middle and Southern Colonies, the American War of Independence, the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln, the abolition of Slavery and finally the coming of World War I where the book ends make up the rest of the story.

Apart from children, adults will also find it interesting to skim through as many of us have forgotten the details of our history lessons learned in school. Another important aspect is that This Country of Ours was written at a time when it was still fashionable to be patriotic! Today, we are so accustomed to having our great leaders' lives ripped open to public scrutiny and very few of them have survived the onslaught of scandal and the loss of personal reputation. This Country of Ours takes us back to a more innocent era when the great figures of history were still role models for children to be emulated.

As a general overview of American History, This Country of Ours is indeed a good book to read.

This Country of Ours by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

For American journalist and humorist Edgar Wilson Nye who wrote under the pen name Bill Nye in the late 19th century, facts are not to be presented in their newborn, bare state. They should be properly draped and embellished before they can be presented before the public. Hence, in the Comic History of the United States published in 1894, he gives his readers the facts. But in a bid to make the historical figures more human he describes them as “people who ate and possibly drank, people who were born, flourished and died, not grave tragedians posing perpetually for their photographs.” 

Nye was educated in rural Wisconsin and moved to Wyoming to study law. His light-hearted, flippant takes on the serious questions of the day became extremely popular and he moved into journalism. Later, he established his own newspaper, the Laramie Boomerang.

Beginning with the discovery of America, a chapter in which he describes Queen Isabella and her advocacy of Christopher Columbus' famous voyage in lighter vein, Bill Nye takes a tongue in cheek look at Balboa, Cortez and the discovery of moonshine whiskey. He further delves into such serious matters as the Drawbacks of Being a Colonist, The Personality of Washington, The Dutch at New Amsterdam, The American Civil War and its alleged causes and the final Reconstruction by Johnson and Grant.

Nye maintains his sly humor and irreverence for honored figures like Stonewall Jackson, Generals Lee, Grant and Sherman, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and others. Bill Nye's technique of taking hold of the facts and dressing them up with his own brand of playful banter is quite amusing and entertaining. The Comic History of the United States is quite appealing to readers of all ages, especially when they know the “real facts.” 

However, present day readers may find some of the passages and Bill Nye's remarks quite offensive and politically incorrect for the more enlightened times we now live in. His remarks on African Americans and American Indians can be quite jarring. The Comic History of the United States can become a platform for discussing attitudes and perspectives that were present in the last century.

Besides being a journalist and humor writer, Bill Nye was also very popular on the lecture circuit and regaled audiences all over the country with his humorous speeches. In today's time, he would probably be regarded as a standup comedian and as such, his views would certainly not be taken as grounds for an offense.

Comic History of the United States by Bill Nye

Short summaries and readings of classical mythology (Hercules, Atlantis, Trojan War, etc.) Email: LegendaryPassages@gmail.com

Legendary Passages - Greek/Roman Myths

From the deepest old growth forests to the cobblestone streets.

Doctor Pennsylvania

The Red Badge of Courage is a fiction that tells the story of a soldier named Henry Fleming during the American Civil War. The novel gained widespread praise from critics and was also a commercial success shortly after its release and made Stephen Crane an instant celebrity at the young age of 24. 
In the novel, Henry was one of the enlisted soldiers in the 304th New York Regiment. He flees from battle in one of the skirmishes they had against the Confederates and to hide his cowardice, he attempted to inflict a wound to himself which is referred to as the “red badge of courage.” He got the wound that he wants to have when he joins a group of fellow soldiers retreating from the battlefield. One of them accidentally hit his head with a rifle butt and wounded him. When he came back to their camp, the other soldiers there quickly treated his wound believing that he got it during the battle. After this incident, he again went back to the battlefield and was able to prove that he was really a capable solider.  
Most critics praise this novel because of the very realistic way in which Crane was able to describe all the battle scenes in the story. He was born after the Civil War and had not even experienced a fight in any war. It’s very interesting to know that Crane was able to write a very realistic novel about the War just by reading other novels about it and listening to the stories told by war veterans in New York.  
Readers who are into historical war novels will definitely have a great time reading this book. Although it’s a work of fiction, its contents are very realistic and accurate. This is very important especially for a story with a historical setting. This book will definitely not disappoint anyone who’s looking to read a good novel about the Civil War.

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

The Taco Belles

Taakeprat er en podcast som foretar tematiske dypdykk i mørk historie, bisarre fortellinger og merkelige hendelser. <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/1519349">Støtt ekte norsk podcasting på Patreon!</a> <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Taakeprat er en podcast som foretar tematiske dypdykk i mørk historie, bisarre fortellinger og merkelige hendelser. <a href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/1519349" rel="noopener noreferrer">Støtt ekte norsk podcasting på Patreon!</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Taakeprat

Franklin's scientific approach to self-improvement captures the spirit of revolutionary America.

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Věnujeme se osobnostem a dějinným událostem nejen z českého prostředí. Všechny díly podcastu Historie Plus můžete pohodlně poslouchat v mobilní aplikaci mujRozhlas pro <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.rozhlas.mujrozhlas">Android</a> a <a href="https://apps.apple.com/cz/app/id1455654616">iOS</a> nebo na webu <a href="https://www.mujrozhlas.cz/rapi/view/show/6f1d6fd8-db19-3fc8-8cfc-4b8aed97ee53?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=6f1d6fd8-db19-3fc8-8cfc-4b8aed97ee53_description">mujRozhlas.cz</a>.

Věnujeme se osobnostem a dějinným událostem nejen z českého prostředí. Všechny díly podcastu Historie Plus můžete pohodlně poslouchat v mobilní aplikaci mujRozhlas pro <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.rozhlas.mujrozhlas" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a> a <a href="https://apps.apple.com/cz/app/id1455654616" rel="noopener noreferrer">iOS</a> nebo na webu <a href="https://www.mujrozhlas.cz/rapi/view/show/6f1d6fd8-db19-3fc8-8cfc-4b8aed97ee53?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=6f1d6fd8-db19-3fc8-8cfc-4b8aed97ee53_description" rel="noopener noreferrer">mujRozhlas.cz</a>.

Historie Plus

Not Just New Movies!

L’historien et professeur Laurent Turcot propose des capsules hebdomadaires sur différents sujets historiques allant des lieux communs aux évènements historiques. Ici, on parle d’histoire et on s’amuse avec!

L’Histoire nous le dira

Archives of the weekly Character in Context radio program.  Historical Bible context and character. Updated Friday afternoon.

Character in Context

A chapter by chapter guide to Tolstoy&#39;s War &amp; Peace. These are Summaries/Cliffnotes on a podcast, hence Podnotes. It is best used as a supplement to your reading of the classic.The episodes and descriptions will provide information, context and commentary on each chapter -- and will likely take a lifetime to complete. The goal is for each episode to come in under 10 minutes. The original work fluctuates between French and Russian and there are multiple English translations of War &amp; Peace. [French was the language aristocrats in the Russian Empire used from the late 18th to early 20th century]. There are also variations on how War &amp; Peace is chaptered. This podcast follows the commonly used chaptering contained in Penguin Classics and the Everyman&#39;s Library.

A chapter by chapter guide to Tolstoy's War &amp; Peace. These are Summaries/Cliffnotes on a podcast, hence Podnotes. It is best used as a supplement to your reading of the classic.The episodes and descriptions will provide information, context and commentary on each chapter -- and will likely take a lifetime to complete.&nbsp;The goal is for each episode to come in under 10 minutes.&nbsp;The original work fluctuates between French and Russian and there are multiple English translations of War &amp; Peace. [French was the language aristocrats in the Russian Empire used from the late 18th to early 20th century]. There are also variations on how War &amp; Peace is chaptered. This podcast follows the commonly used chaptering contained in Penguin Classics and the Everyman's Library.

War & Peace Podnotes, A Study Guide

A new episodic podcast about the history of violence, from terrorism to taekwondo.

The History of Violence

This week in history and why it’s relevant today with local historian Scott Washington.

History Matters

Personal Truth-Inspired Flash-Fiction of The 20th Century's War. Each episode is a short, emotionally driven, and touching connection to a person's experience in War. From World War I, World War II, and the Wars we keep fighting because of them, Threads of The War empathically brings the listener into the mind of someone experiencing War on the human level.

Threads of The War

Do you ever go somewhere, and have a strong emotional response to it, such as happiness, nostalgia or fear? Have you ever wondered why we look for meaning in places and develop stories or legends about them over time? Well these behaviours are known as a sense of place.

In general, a sense of place describes our relationship with places, expressed through the tangible and intangible aspects of human life: emotions, imagination, sound, touch, smell, and personal experiences.

Sense of place can be a niche yet broad term, so the aim of this podcast is to bring together the variety of disciplines & creative individuals that try to understand and explore a sense of place!

Do you ever go somewhere, and have a strong emotional response to it, such as happiness, nostalgia or fear? Have you ever wondered why we look for meaning in places and develop stories or legends about them over time? Well these behaviours are known as a sense of place.

In general, a sense of place describes our relationship with places, expressed through the tangible and intangible aspects of human life: emotions, imagination, sound, touch, smell, and personal experiences.

Sense of place can be a niche yet broad term, so the aim of this podcast is to bring together the variety of disciplines &amp; creative individuals that try to understand and explore a sense of place!

The Sense of Place Podcast

Hazza Al Balushi

Well hello and welcome back to Moments with Moni. I'm so glad you're here.  Where you can find practical help for the Heart and Home as we ponder life from a Biblical Perspective as well as a dose of Digital Discipling to help equip us to be better effective in the opportunities that God places before us to further His Kingdom.  

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Moments with Moni

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A semi-casual history podcast where we cover topics that pique our interests. We hope to cover a wide range of topics, from Eras to individuals, whatever intrigues us. Hopefully you enjoy digesting pieces of random history like we do with just the right amount of nitty-gritty details!

Talk History To Me

Foucssing on specific events, people and groups throughout the history of Australia at arms <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Foucssing on specific events, people and groups throughout the history of Australia at arms Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Australian Military History

Join us as we take a deep dive into history, but with a little change: from the viewpoint of the oppressed, the forgotten, and the lost. From times of war, to peace, to everything in between, come with us as we discover what the losers really have to say.

History Written By The Losers

Who were those hardened people that lived a solitary life alone, in the cold high mountain regions, also we will discuss the old West and the people who live and died in that era of the 19th. Century.

Old Western Times

The Center for European Policy Analysis is proud to announce the first season of <a href="https://www.patreon.com/russianlimbo/creators">"Russian Limbo"</a> — a podcast looking at some of Russia’s most notorious prisons. Outside of the guards and detainees, very little is known about life behind bars in these pretrial detention facilities. As of January 2019, Russia's detention system housed 99,722 inmates not yet convicted of a crime, with many awaiting trials for months or years. “Russian Limbo” takes us inside the happenings of these veiled detention centers through exclusive interviews of those who have experienced it first-hand.“Russian Limbo" is produced in cooperation with the public historical project "It Collapsed" and hosted and distributed by the Center for European Policy Analysis.

The Center for European Policy Analysis is proud to announce the first season of <a href="https://www.patreon.com/russianlimbo/creators" rel="noopener noreferrer">"Russian Limbo"</a> — a podcast looking at some of Russia’s most notorious prisons. Outside of the guards and detainees, very little is known about life behind bars in these pretrial detention facilities. As of January 2019, Russia's detention system housed 99,722 inmates not yet convicted of a crime, with many awaiting trials for months or years. “Russian Limbo” takes us inside the happenings of these veiled detention centers through exclusive interviews of those who have experienced it first-hand.“Russian Limbo" is produced in cooperation with the public historical project "It Collapsed" and hosted and distributed by the Center for European Policy Analysis.

Russian Limbo

Open discussion on history, warfighters, weapons, science, superhero’s, fitness, leadership, tactics and more. Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-kaires/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-kaires/support</a>

Open discussion on history, warfighters, weapons, science, superhero’s, fitness, leadership, tactics and more. Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-kaires/support" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-kaires/support</a>

Warriors, Weapons and Challenging Authority

Welcome to Against the Lore, the myth-busting ancient history podcast! Each episode, we fact check popular misconceptions around the ancient world. We take a general topic, look at how it worked in ancient history, and show how our modern world has been shaped by things that happened 2000+ years ago. Featuring Barney, Meg and Zenia, our experts on Near Eastern, Greek and Roman history, and Flo, our resident psychopomp. If you don't know what that is, you should probably listen to this podcast.

Against the Lore

In Viking times, a ‘Thing’ was a gathering; a place where leaders and warriors could meet and talk. In the 21st century, our ‘Thing’ is a virtual place where Viking academics and enthusiasts from around the world can come together to share knowledge.&nbsp; Join Miranda and Lucas, from the JORVIK Viking Centre, as they delve into another fascinating topic about Vikings, archaeology, and more!

That JORVIK Viking Thing Podcast

Covering everything that history class missed. Season 1: The Irish War of Independence is airing now. Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sarah-hayter/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sarah-hayter/support</a>

Covering everything that history class missed. Season 1: The Irish War of Independence is airing now. Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sarah-hayter/support" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sarah-hayter/support</a>

Untaught History

History through the eyes of vintage Playboys

Playboy Revisited

Who the hell is…? brings you our new Biography Bites – compact biographies of the world’s greatest thinkers. Learn who these big names really were by getting to know them as people; finding out where they came from; and discovering how their lives shaped their ideas. We will bring you a new Biography Bite each week, so make sure you subscribe and don't miss out... But in the meantime, welcome to Biography Bites!

Who the hell is? Biography Bites

Подкаст про магічне мислення і наукове обґрунтування незрозумілих явищ. Звукове обрамлення у виконанні хору «Київ».

До ворожки не ходи

Two theme park enthusiasts and workers named Tommy & Tristan discuss theme park news updates, give theme park reviews, and read segments like "Passholder Karen of the Week", "Creatures of the Parks" and "Theme Park History".

Two theme park enthusiasts and workers named Tommy &amp; Tristan discuss theme park news updates, give theme park reviews, and read segments like "Passholder Karen of the Week", "Creatures of the Parks" and "Theme Park History".

Please Remain Seated

A narrative history podcast covering the history of the epic conflict for control over the important waterways between New York and Quebec from 1754-1815. The overview will cover three major conflicts including the French &amp; Indian War, The American Revolution, and the War of 1812. Our journey will concentrate on a geographic area in the shape of a triangle, from the St. Lawrence to Lake Ontario and down to New York Harbor. Please join me in a new examination of the impact these crucial waterways had on European imperial development and the formation of the early American Republic.

New York, Quebec, and The Water Route to the Center of the World

For the Medical Record is a podcast from Johns Hopkins University's Center for Medical Humanities and Social Medicine, hosted by Postdoctoral Fellows Christy Slobogin and Antoine Johnson.

In these episodes, we talk to people affiliated with the Center to discuss their research within the history of medicine and the medical humanities. We ask them why their work matters, and how history and the humanities can help us to better understand debates and practices within medicine and care today.

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We would like to thank Karen Klinedinst (Art Director, Graphic Arts) and Courtney Weber (Graphic Designer), based in the Johns Hopkins Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, for creating this logo for our podcast. The background image is a drawing by Max Brödel (1870-1941), the first director of the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine. It shows the interior of an ear, making it a perfect image to illustrate our auditory output.

Music:
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Audio and overall production by Christy Slobogin

For the Medical Record

We study women who changed history or are changing history and the men who helped them do so. Come learn with us as we tell stories, roast historical figures, and look at the impact women have had on different generations and cultures!

Our goal is to find patterns of excellence that we can apply to make our own difference in the world! Learn more at thequeenssilkpodcast.com or follow us on Instagram @queenssilkpodcast

The Queen's Silk

The stories of America's true heroes in their own words. Each episode of the podcast revolves around the direct testimony of a veteran. This collection of stories provides an incredible portrait of the veteran experience in service of America. Hosted by Jack Rutland.  This show is a production of  WRQO - SuperTalk Mississippi Media.

True American Heroes

Фрэнки-шоу — радиопередача в форме биографической викторины, выходившая в радиоэфире радиостанции "Серебряный дождь" с 18 февраля 2004 года по 30 января 2011 года.

Фрэнки Шоу

"Then and Now" connects events from the past with today's news headlines. Current episodes are history topics from my global culture and history course.

In 2006, the podcast started with students in my introductory global history and culture course at the Univ of Minn. Previous episodes reviewed history topics, special music episodes connecting a country's culture with its music, interviews with voices of students and community members as they were part of historical events, and other topics. Episodes featured independent music artists. Share comments about the podcast with David Arendale, arendale@umn.edu

Then and Now: Global History and Culture

Epitaph

A historical, critical and sometimes whimsical look at the stories and characters from Anniston, the Model City of Alabama. Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillip-tutor/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillip-tutor/support</a>

A historical, critical and sometimes whimsical look at the stories and characters from Anniston, the Model City of Alabama. Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillip-tutor/support" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phillip-tutor/support</a>

Annie’s Town

A podcast about badass women who persisted through history.

Nevertheless

Leopold was een groot man, hij was ongeveer 1m90, daar is iedereen het over eens. Maar verder zijn de meningen op z'n zachtst gezegd enorm verdeeld. Hoe is het mogelijk dat Leopold II zich kon ontwikkelen tot die ongenadige despoot van de Vrijstaat Congo waarover hij 23 jaar regeerde? Al is dat maar een stuk van het hele verhaal. Leopold II regeerde immers ook in een tijd waarin de sociale strijd hevig woedde. Meesterverteller Johan Op de Beeck brengt het volledige verhaal. Ook dat van zijn veelbesproken privéleven.

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