Recommended Ages: 7+ Years

Since 1989 master storyteller Jim Weiss has produced award-winning audio recordings for children that bring classic literature, mythical tales and history to life. Our audio stories for kids foster insightful family discussions and ultimately lead children to the bookshelf.

• Running Time - 80 minutes for each CD

CD #1 - George Washington: First in the Hearts of His Countrymen

Character shapes a nation as Jim Weiss presents the action-filled, moving story of George Washington, a man of remarkable physical strength and equally powerful emotions. Amid bullets and ballots, as commander-in-chief and constitutionalist, political leader and peaceful farmer, family man and father of a nation, here’s a very “human” man who won a war and refused a crown; who saw with amazing clarity the future achievements and challenges of a new nation; who hoped to overcome slavery and unite all Americans, while holding that new nation together in its rocky first years by sheer will. By the end, you’ll understand why George Washington truly merits the title “first in the hearts of his countrymen.”

CD #2 - Abraham Lincoln and the Heart of America

Filled with laughter, tragedy and astonishing triumphs, this storytelling biography will entertain and inspire listeners as they experience touching personal moments, Lincoln's famous wit, great ethical issues, military battles, and the complete Gettysburg Address. With vivid descriptions of Lee, Grant, Stephen Douglas, Mary Todd Lincoln, Frederick Douglas and more, one will remember anew why Abraham Lincoln holds a special place in our history and in our hearts. Includes:

• Pen and Paper 
• Young Abe Lincoln
• Stephen Douglas and Mary Todd
• The Run-up to War
• Lincoln vs. Douglas
• President Lincoln
• War!
• Gettysburg and Vicksburg
• The Gettysburg Address (full text)
• Victory and Loss
• Abraham Lincoln and the Heart of America

CD #3 - Thomas Jefferson’s America

Thomas Jefferson lived a dozen lifetimes in one. Patriot, scientist, architect, president, author of the Declaration of Independence, he preferred above all titles, "father" and "grandfather". Yet time and again, demand for his unique skills drew him from the quiet home he loved. In this recording, you will thrill to true stories of war and peace, loyalty and betrayal, battles against empires and struggles against slavery. Includes:

• Preface: The Nature of Heroes
• Tom's Mountain with Dabney Carr
• Williamsburg: Law and Revolution with Patrick Henry
• A December Night with Martha Jefferson
• The Declaration of Independence with Benjamin Franklin and John Adams 
• Paris with John and Abigail Adams and the Marquis de Lafayette 
• Jefferson versus Hamilton with George Washington and Alexander Hamilton 
• Friend and Foe Sit Down to Dine with James Madison and Alexander Hamilton
• The Presidency and the Louisiana Purchase with Hamilton, Burr, Adams, Monroe and Lewis and Clark
• Coming Home: Monticello/University of Virginia with the Jefferson Family, Madison and James Monroe
• A Tearful Reunion with the Marquis de Lafayette
• "Thomas Jefferson Still Survives" with John Adams, James Monroe and James Madison

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