Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Journeys for Freedom: A New Look at America's Story
    Journeys for Freedom: A New Look at America's Story
    Journeys for Freedom: A New Look at America's Story
    Audiobook1 hour

    Journeys for Freedom: A New Look at America's Story

    Written by Susan Buckley and Elspeth Leacock

    Narrated by Adam Grupper

    3.5/5

    ()

    About this audiobook

    Experience 20 great moments in American history-from the 1631 quest of Christian libertarian Roger Williams to the 1988 ordeal of Sudanese refugee Peter Malual. -Battle Redcoats with Continental soldier-in-disguise Deborah Sampson (1782). -Pay freedom's price 16 times with devoted freedman Frank McWhorter (1795). -Brave a thousand-mile trek with runaway slaves William and Ellen Craft (1845). -Blast a path through the mountains with the Central Pacific's intrepid Ah Goong (1868). -Flee oppression's hopeless grip with Russian immigrant Mary Antin (1894). -Escape a Nazi concentration camp's brutality with Jewish youth Isi Veleris (1939). Award-winning educational authors Susan Buckley and Elspeth Leacock deliver the third entry in their acclaimed history series. Using compelling vignettes, Journeys for Freedom weaves an enchanting tapestry of U.S. history for children of all ages. Adam Grupper's splendid narration assures that this dramatic audiobook will be listened to again and again. "This lively history focuses on 20 individuals' quest for freedom across U.S. history. The stories are as varied as they are fascinating and often go beyond the personal."-Booklist, starred review
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMar 20, 2009
    ISBN9781440716928
    Journeys for Freedom: A New Look at America's Story

    Related to Journeys for Freedom

    Related audiobooks

    Children's For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Sunflowers in Skagway

      Jan 1, 2023

      Sunflowers in Skagway
      4 min read

    • Article

      Army of Volunteers

      Jan 1, 2022

      Army of Volunteers
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Colorado River Frontier

      Jun 18, 2019

      The Colorado River Frontier
      9 min read

    • Article

      A Legacy Of Hope And Glory

      Jun 9, 2021

      DESPITE my birthplace in the Mississippi Delta and my early years in schools whose teachers tried hard to educate the children in the poorest state in the Union, I reckon I had a head start when I arrived in Suffolk as the bride of a farmer. White ch

      3 min read

    • Article

      Celebrating Black History on Staten Island

      Apr 1, 2020

      Celebrating Black History on Staten Island
      2 min read

    • Article

      Saving Jamestown

      Jan 21, 2020

      Saving Jamestown
      8 min read

    • Article

      CELEBRATING our Shared Roots

      Jul 15, 2022

      CELEBRATING our Shared Roots
      7 min read

    • Article

      The Longest Trek

      Dec 17, 2019

      This is the story about a family’s incredible journey. It’s also about a moving frontier of love, deception and violence. A hint of its inner boundary is on a map in the Historical Atlas of South Africa by EA Walker, published in 1922. From Hondeklip

      4 min read

    • Article

      Peculiar Postcards

      Mar 21, 2024

      Some months ago, I purchased some American postcards of English Jack, the Hermit of the White Mountains, New Hampshire, in front of his bucolic hermitage. It turned out that Jack was something of a local celebrity: when he died in 1912, allegedly at

      3 min read

    • Article

      Hidden Histories

      Aug 6, 2020

      During the American Revolution, the British made an extraordinary promise. They issued proclamations informing all slaves whose owners had joined the rebellion that, if they came over to the British lines, they would be freed. Thousands did exactly t

      2 min read

    • Article

      Picking Sides

      Sep 1, 2021

      Picking Sides
      3 min read

    • Article

      Key Events

      Aug 10, 2023

      Key Events
      2 min read

    • Article

      Legacies of Slavery

      Dec 23, 2021

      Legacies of Slavery
      11 min read

    • Article

      ‘My Forebears Emigrated To New Zealand’

      Jun 29, 2021

      Early European settlers in New Zealand’s Albertland needed to be hardy souls. The long sea journey was arduous in itself, but some ships suffered mutinies or smallpox outbreaks. On arrival at the North Island, the vessels also had to navigate dangero

      2 min read

    • Article

      Orphans of Empire

      Jan 12, 2021

      Orphans of Empire
      11 min read

    • Article

      Equality On The Plains

      Oct 1, 2019

      Equality On The Plains
      4 min read

    • Article

      Colonial Conflicts Of Australia

      Jan 31, 2024

      Colonial Conflicts Of Australia
      11 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Journeys for Freedom

    3.5/5

    6 ratings1 review

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 2/5
      I like the idea of the book. The different stories depict a different idea of what America and what freedom means. Many of the stories are about overcoming persecution. I kept trying to make more of a connection between the stories. Some of the stories end with an idealistic view of America. I think students should realize the struggles people in other countries face, but I'm not sure they tie together well in this book. I could read a few of the stories (George Washington, Margru, Sampson) to my class, but would have a hard time working others into the classroom curriculum. The title of the book is misleading.