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Beneath the Banner (version 2)

Name: Beneath the Banner (version 2)
Author: Frederick J. Cross

Frederick J. Cross

Read by Steve Mayer, Tom Merritt, Kerry Adams, jenno, Laurie Banza, BookBard, Hope, Rita Boutros, Larry Wilson, Alan Mapstone, Snow Owl, Stephanie Gish, BettyB and littlemissclumsy · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Only a Nurse Girl - Alice Ayres (3:36)
A Slave Trade Warrior - Sir Samuel Baker (11:10)
Two Working Men Heroes - Case and Chew (3:58)
The Commander of the "Thin Red Line" - Sir Colin Campbell (12:11)
A Sailor Bold and True - Lord Cochrane (7:47)
A Rough Diamond That Was Polished - John Cassell (12:26)
A Brave, Fearless Sort of Lass - Grace Darling (8:03)
A Friend of Lepers - Father Damien (4:20)
A Great Arctic Explorer - Sir John Franklin (8:41)
A Saviour of Six - Fireman Ford (5:57)
A Blind Helper of the Blind - Elizabeth Gilbert (9:37)
A Great Traveller in the Air - James Glaisher (8:40)
The Soldier with the Magic Wand - General Gordon (16:55)
Valiant and True - Sir Richard Grenville (10:38)
One Who Left All - Bishop Hannington (11:57)
A Man Who Conquered Disappointments - Sir Henry Havelock (14:17)
A Friend of Prisoners - John Howard (10:31)
A Hero of the Victoria Cross - Kavanagh (8:21)
The Man Who Braved the Flood - Captain Lendy (7:27)
A Temperance Leader - Joseph Livesey (7:48)
A Great Missionary Explorer - David Livingstone (13:08)
From Farm Lad to Merchant Prince - George Moore (8:22)
A Man Who Asked and Received - George Mueller (8:43)
A Labourer In the Vineyard - Robert Moffat (11:46)
The Lady with the Lamp - Florence Nightingale (9:24)
For England, Home, and Duty - The Death of Nelson (5:40)
A Woman Who Succeeded by Failure - Harriet Newell (5:36)
A Martyr of the South Seas - Bishop Patteson (12:05)
K.G. and Coster - Lord Shaftesbury (12:57)
A Statesman Who Had No Enemies - W.H. Smith (8:10)
Greater Than an Archbishop - The Rev. C. Simeon (11:00)
A Soldier Missionary - Hedley Vicars (7:40)
A Lass That Loved the Sailors - Agnes Weston (12:12)
A Great Commander on a Famous Battlefield - The Duke of Wellington (7:29)
A Prince of Preachers - John Wesley (11:11)
Some Children of the Kingdom (3:35)
A Boy Hero - John Clinton (6:17)