History Stories for my Son
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David Faith created the History Stories for his Son because he want to spread that love of history as far as possible. The stories on this podcast are about people who made a difference in their own time, told at a level accessible to everyone, including kids learning about them for the first time, but also engaging for even the most knowledgeable history buff.
History Stories for my Son
2y ago
Born on a mountaintop in Tennessee . . . kil't him a b'ar when he was only three. . . Not quite, but Davy Crockett was a real man before he was a folk hero. Frontiersman, congressman, and champion of the powerless, Davy Crockett made himself a legend in his own time. This is his story. ..read more
History Stories for my Son
2y ago
We revisit the story of Ulysses S. Grant, America's greatest Civil War General, in this extended edition of the History Stories for my Son Podcast ..read more
History Stories for my Son
2y ago
This is the story of Socrates, the man who drank poison rather than compromise his principles. Soldier, outcast, thinker, the man who has become synonymous with wisdom never thought himself wise, except perhaps in realizing that he knew nothing. This week we examine the life of the man who said the unexamined life is not worth living. ..read more
History Stories for my Son
2y ago
Ordinarily if you speak of world-famous inventor, a beloved author, and respected statesman, you are talking about three different people. But Benjamin Franklin was all these things and more. His life story is the story of colonial America, the story of the striving, self-improving man declaring his independence from his origins to become something more. ..read more
History Stories for my Son
2y ago
This is the story of Galileo Galilei, the man who proved we are not the center of the Universe and nearly got himself executed for his trouble. ..read more
History Stories for my Son
2y ago
Perhaps the greatest Queen in human history, Elizabeth I transformed England from an insignificant half of an island on the periphery of Europe into a great power that shaped the world for centuries. This is her story. ..read more
History Stories for my Son
2y ago
Chesty Puller is perhaps the most revered United States Marine in history. This is the story of why. ..read more
History Stories for my Son
2y ago
In the latest episode of History Stories for my Son, we tell the story of Confucius, the man whose philosophy became the cultural backbone of an entire civilization. ..read more
History Stories for my Son
2y ago
In Episode 20 of History Stories for my Son, we tell the story of a Napoleon Bonaparte. Born on the island of Corsica to parents of Italian descent, this foreigner to France who didn't even speak the language until he was ten years old somehow grew up to the most famous Frenchman in all of history. This is the story of how he did it ..read more
History Stories for my Son
2y ago
This is the story of the deadliest pandemic in modern history, the Spanish Flu ..read more