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Stories of Grit

Name: Stories of Grit
Author: Archer Wallace

Archer Wallace

Read by Stephie8161, mleigh, Winnifred Assmann, AnneGowan, Penny Coffeen, Lisa Greene, HypocriticalHit, Marie Christian, Carol Galbraith, ToniaManley and George Banfield · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Introduction (3:49)
The Blind Boy who Became Poet, Preacher and Author (14:38)
How a Lame Boy Became the World's Greatest Potter (17:37)
The Dutch Boy who Became a Great Editor (14:58)
A Deaf Boy who Became a Great Bible Scholar (8:36)
The Slave Boy who Became a Great Leader (12:10)
The Immigrant Lad who Became a King of Industry (9:33)
A Shoemaker's Apprentice who Became a Great Scholar (12:13)
From Gipsy Tent to Pulpit (13:22)
A Blind Man who Became Postmaster-General of England (12:35)
The Ploughboy who Became a Famous Naturalist (12:05)
A Sick Man who Never Gave Up (8:58)
How a Poor Boy Became a Great Scientist (10:54)
What an Illiterate Boy Made of His Life (14:32)
A Donkey Boy who Became a Famous Sculptor (16:01)