These are audio books available free online at:

http://librivox.org/newcatalog/search.p ... =&group=21

I haven't listened to any of these yet. I have an 8 gigibyte mp3 player and am considering... hmmm. Each volume is several mp3 files.


Volume 01 - Dawn of Canadian History, The : A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada" ·
by Stephen Leacock (1869-1944)
Volume 1- The Dawn of Canadian History: A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada by Stephen Leacock takes Canada from the beginning of existence to its first European discoverers and includes a brief history of the aboriginal people. These little books were designed to cover Canadian history in a scholarly and readable fashion. Summary by Esther
http://librivox.org/the-dawn-of-canadia ... n-leacock/


Volume 02 - Mariner of St. Malo : A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier, The"
by Stephen Leacock (1869-1944)
Jacques Cartier grew up as a sailor, married well and became an agent of exploration for King Francis I of France. In April, 1534, he sailed for the New World. Before sailing, his men took an oath that they would “behave themselves truly and faithfully in the service of the Most Christian King.” Jacques’ name was made immortal by the faithfulness with which he and his men carried out that oath. Summary from Christian History Institute Used with permision.
http://librivox.org/the-mariner-of-st-m ... s-cartier/

Volume 03 - Founder of New France : A Chronicle of Champlain, The"
by Charles W. Colby (1867-1955)
For Canada, Champlain is not alone a heroic explorer of the seventeenth century, but the founder of Quebec; and it is a rich part of our heritage that he founded New France in the spirit of unselfishness, of loyalty, and of faith.
http://librivox.org/the-founder-of-new- ... champlain/

Volume 04 - Jesuit Missions : A Chronicle of the Cross in the Wilderness, The" · (readers)
by Thomas Guthrie Marquis (1864-1936)
This volume, as suggested in the title, folows the Jesuit missionaries through North America as they attempt, with little success, to convert the natives of the new world. (Summary by Esther)
http://librivox.org/the-jesuit-missions ... ilderness/

Volume 05 - Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism, The" ·
by William Bennett Munro (1875-1957)
It was during one of her proud and prosperous eras that France began her task of creating an empire beyond the Atlantic. At no time, indeed, was she better equipped for the work. No power of Western Europe since the days of Roman glory had possessed such facilities for conquering and governing new lands. If ever there was a land able and ready to take up the white man’s burden it was the France of the seventeenth century. (Summary from Chapter 1 Gutenberg text)
http://librivox.org/the-seigneurs-of-ol ... feudalism/

Volume 06 - The Great Intendant : A Chronicle of Jean Talon in Canada 1665-1672" ·
by Thomas Chapais (1858-1946)
Talon worked closely with lieutenant-general Prouville de Tracy to achieve the surrender of the Iroquois in 1627, thereby ending the threat that had hung over the colony for 20 years. Although Talon did not join the troops in the field, at Tracy’s request, he had a very large share in the success of the French arms through his constant and meticulous care in placing at the disposition of the army everything that was necessary for the war, despite the poverty of the colony, the lack of roads, and the distances. Summary by Wikipedia.
http://librivox.org/chronicles-of-canad ... 1665-1672/

Volume 07 - The Fighting Governer : A Chronicle of Frontenac"
by Charles W. Colby (1867-1955)
The Canada to which Frontenac came in 1672 was no longer the infant colony it had been when Richelieu founded the Company of One Hundred Associates.
Though its inhabitants numbered less than seven thousand, the institutions under which they lived could not have been more elaborate or precise. In short, the divine right of the king to rule over his people was proclaimed as loudly in the colony as in the motherland.
This book follows Frontenac through his life as a public officer in Canada.
http://librivox.org/the-fighting-govern ... frontenac/

Volume 08 - Great Fortress : A Chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760, The"
by William Wood (1891-1946)
Louisbourg was no mere isolated stronghold which could be lost or won without affecting the wider issues of oversea dominion. On the contrary, it was a necessary link in the chain of waterside posts which connected France with America by way of the Atlantic, the St Lawrence, the Great Lakes, and the Mississippi. But since the chain itself and all its other links, and even the peculiar relation of Louisbourg to the Acadians and the Conquest, have been fully described elsewhere in the Chronicles of Canada, the present volume only tries to tell the purely individual tale. (Summary from Book preface)
http://librivox.org/chronicles-of-canad ... 1720-1760/

Volume 09 - The Acadian Exiles : A Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline" · (readers)
by Arthur G. Doughty (1860-1936)
The name Acadia, which we now associate with a great tragedy of history and song, was first used by the French to distinguish the eastern or maritime part of New France from the western part, which began with the St Lawrence valley and was called Canada. Just where Acadia ended and Canada began, the French never clearly defined. In course of time, as will be seen, this question became a cause of war with the English–but we shall not be much at fault if we take a line from the mouth of the river Penobscot, due north to the St Lawrence, to mark the western frontier of the Acadia of the French.
This volume covers the period of hostility between the Acadians and the British Crown.
http://librivox.org/the-acadian-exiles- ... vangeline/

Volume 10 - A Chronicle of Montcalm"
by William Wood
Montcalm is, of course, a very prominent character in every history of New France. This book gives a brief history of the Montcalm family in France and it’s importance in wars. It continues with it’s descendant as he moves to Canada and defends the French colony of Ticonderoga. Summary by Esther.
http://librivox.org/chronicles-of-canad ... -montcalm/

Volume 11 - The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolfe by William Wood" · by William Wood
Any life of Wolfe can be artificially simplified by treating his purely military work as something complete in itself and not as a part of a greater whole. But, since such treatment gives a totally false idea of his achievement, this little sketch, drawn straight from original sources, tries to show him as he really was, a co-worker with the British fleet in a war based entirely on naval strategy and inseparably connected with international affairs of world-wide significance. The only simplification attempted here is that of arrangement and expression. AUTHOR’S NOTE
http://librivox.org/the-winning-of-cana ... e-of-wolf/

   

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