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Charles Morris

Stories Read Aloud. Publications from the 1800s and early 1900s. Short Adventure Myths and Tales. History through Fiction. 

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TOTAL STORIES: 61 Short American Adventure & Tales


  • 27 Historical Tales 1 American

  • 34 Historical Tales 2 American

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    [BOOK INTRODUCTION] Historical Tales 1 American by Morris, Charles

    It has become a commonplace remark that fact is often stranger than fiction. It may be said, as a variant of this, that history is often more romantic than romance.


    The pages of the record of man's doings are frequently illustrated by entertaining and striking incidents, relief points in the dull monotony of every-day events, stories fitted to rouse the reader from languid weariness and stir anew in his veins the pulse of interest in human life.


    There are many such,—dramas on the stage of history, life scenes that are pictures in action, tales pathetic, stirring, enlivening, full of the element of the unusual, of the stuff the novel and the romance are made of, yet with the advantage of being actual fact. Incidents of this kind have proved as attractive to writers as to readers.


    They have dwelt upon them lovingly, embellished them with the charms of rhetoric and occasionally with the inventions of fancy, until what began as fact has often entered far into the domains of legend and fiction. It may well be that some of the narratives in the present work have gone through this process. If so, it is simply indicative of the interest they have awakened in generations of readers and writers.


    But the bulk of them are fact, so far as history in general can be called fact, it having been our design to cull from the annals of the nations some of their more stirring and romantic incidents, and present them as a gallery of pictures that might serve to adorn the entrance to the temple of history, of which this work is offered as in some sense an illuminated ante-chamber.


    As such, it is hoped that some pilgrims from the world of readers may find it a pleasant halting-place on their way into the far-extending aisles of the great temple beyond.

    27 SHORT AMERICAN TALES

    Discover our collection of 27 short American tales from the book, "Historical Tales 1: American." Each story comes alive through a video reading, followed by a quiz to test your knowledge and enhance your understanding.

    American Tale 1

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    Story List

    27 STORIES
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    STORY

    Individual Page

    FEATURE STORY
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    READ ALOUD

    Individual Page

    FEATURE STORY
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    QUIZ

    Video Test

    QUIZ (27)
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    - Roald Amundsen, Explorer

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    Historical Tales 2 American - Charles Morris

    34 SHORT AMERICAN TALES

    Immerse yourself in 34 short American tales from the book, "Historical Tales 2: American." Watch each story unfold through a video reading, then take a quiz to test your knowledge and deepen your understanding.

    American Tale 2

    INDEX

    Story List

    34 STORIES
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    STORY

    Individual Page

    FEATURE STORY

    READ ALOUD

    Individual Page

    FEATURE STORY
    quiz tale2

    QUIZ

    Video Test

    QUIZ (34)

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