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Read by Issa Deas, Phil Chenevert, William Tomcho, Garth Burton, Availle, Delmar H Dolbier, Crln Yldz Ksr, Julia Kelley and Theresa Sheridan · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License
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Preface (4:11) David Maydole, Hammer-Maker (11:41) Icabod Washburn, Wire-Maker (13:34) Elihu Burrit, The Learned Blacksmith (13:57) Michael Reynolds, Engine Driver (10:15) Major Robert Pike, Farmer (11:38) George Graham, Clock Maker, Buried in Westminster Abbey (10:18) John Harrison, Exquisite Watch-Maker (11:01) Peter Faneuil, and The Great Hall He Built (20:47) Chauncy Jerome, Yankee Clock-Maker (14:40) Captain Pierre Laclede Liguest, Pioneer (10:23) Israel Putnam, Farmer (11:49) George Flower, Pioneer (19:45) Edward Coles, Noblest of the Pioneers, and His Great Speech (12:35) Peter H. Burnett, Banker (11:29) Gerrit Smith (11:06) Peter Force, Printer (12:01) John Bromfield, Merchant (12:06) Frederick Tudor, Ice Exporter (10:36) Myron Holley, Market-Gardener (9:52) The Founders of Lowell (14:55) Robert Owen, Cotton-Manufacturer (12:29) John Smedley, Stocking-Manufacturer (11:23) Richard Cobden, Calico Printer (17:19) Henry Bessemer (9:34) John Bright, Manufacturer (17:59) Thomas Edward, Cobbler and Naturalist (12:52) Robert Dick, Baker and Naturalist (11:56) John Duncan, Weaver and Botanist (10:17) James Lackington, Second-Hand Bookseller (10:52) Horace Greeley's Start (14:32) James Gordon Bennett, and How He Founded His "Herald" (17:28) Three John Walters, and Their Newspaper (18:49) George Hope (9:17) Sir Henry Cole (11:26) Charles Summers (11:09) William B. Astor, House-Owner (10:36) Peter Cooper (29:11) Paris-Duverney, French Financier (14:55) Sir Rowland Hill (10:21) Marie-Antoine Careme, French Cook (9:18) Wonderful Walker, Parson of All Work (11:39) Sir Christopher Wren (12:48) Sir John Rennie, Engineer (10:30) Sir Moses Montefiore (8:35) Marquis of Worcester, Inventor of the Steam Engine (10:11) An Old Dry-Goods Merchant's Recollections (12:07)
