His first children book was published in 1870 and featured characters named after hentys children. This helps assure accuracy and captures the students interest as he reexperiences the thoughts and efforts made by those who have shaped our world. The author stated in an interview that his storytelling skills were sharpened out of the bedtime stories told to his children after dinner. The great thing about retiring from the army is no more moves. George alfred henty december 8, 1832 november 16, 1902, commonly referred to as g. A story of the norman conquest by henty, ga, henty,george a. Jim weiss and his wife randy founded greathall productions in 1989 with the intent of introducing young children to rich spoken word with the content base of classical literature and history. Viewing 4 posts 1 through 4 of 4 total author posts november 14, 2010 at 4. Dec 06, 2002 steeped in imperialism, ga hentys adventure tales reflected victorian values and an heroic englishness. He is famously known for his historical adventure stories that were so popular in the late nineteenth century. Chebron, son of the egyptian high priest ameres, and amuba, a rebu brought as a slave to ameres household. Excellence in audio jim weiss storytelling recordings have received the highest awards from the parents choice foundation, oppenheim toy portfolio, storytelling world, the film advisory board, audiofile, nappa, and the american library association, and have been widely praised in major publications across north america and internationally. These are not verbatim narrations, but rather they are abridgements which stay true to the original while keeping the story alive for the listener. History shouldnt be dry and boringits the amazing true story of ninjas, vikings, spies, inventors, heroes, and the occasional brave horse.
Jim converses with miguel cervantes, author of don quixote. As a war correspondent henty gained the knowledge and acumen to quickly produce works to capture an audience, to bring them right to the frontlines. Henty was masterful at weaving action and adventure throughout his novels. So begins henty s preface to the lion of the north a tale of the times of gustavus adolphus published in 1886 just one of henty s 120 books, most of which were historical tales and adventure stories for boys which successfully combined fact with fiction. Henty in the robinson selfteaching home school curriculum, we teach history almost exclusively by means of autobiographies written by famous people who made history.
Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia. You can also look up this author on the online books page, which may list additional titles from other sites. All of jims recordings are exhibited here with great detail but purchasing must be accomplished via welltrained mind pres. Condemned as a nihilist by henty and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Henty is a marvelous author who wrote exciting, historically accurate, actionadventure books. You are invited to read our interview with jim weiss.
Hentys secretaries reported that he would quickly pace back and forth in his study dictating stories as fast as the secretary could record them. Jim weiss history stories archives welltrained mind. Henty novels on audio by jim weiss rainbow resource. Aug 23, 20 henty was masterful at weaving action and adventure throughout his novels. Henty, an english author and journalist, wrote a prolific amount of childrens stories during his. Ga henty s historical adventure novel series is loved by homeschoolers. George alfred henty, was a prolific english novelist and a special correspondent. Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion. He decided to make these novels available in this format because it helps students to follow text as they listen to an unabridged reading of that text. Listen to all sorts of classic stories, including historical stories and folk tales, on audiobook with the great voice talents of narrator jim weiss. Oct 11, 2015 the great thing about retiring from the army is no more moves. Putting the henty books in chronological order has helped me organize his books into our schedule to be more useful in our homeschool.
Henty read by librivox volunteers george alfred henty was an english newspaper correspondent who became a prolific author of. George alfred henty was a prolific english novelist and a special correspondent. Henty does such a great job of setting the historically correct scene while overlaying the richly detailed story. The sales portion of greathall has been licensed their recordings and business operations to welltrained mind press aka peace hill press who have already taken jim and the jim w. Jim weiss intelligent entertainment for the thinking family. Although we know the outcome already, hentys writing and jim weiss moving reading hold out hope that maybe the english will win this time. Although his life included stints as an army officer at the height of the british empire, a war journalist and an explorer, his worldwide fame rests on his superb, historicallyaccurate novels. George alfred henty lived in the late 1800s and was the author of more than seventy novels and countless short stories.
The sales portion of greathall has been licensed their recordings and business operations to welltrained mind press aka peace hill. Brian thompson celebrates the prolific author on the centenary of his death. Ga hentys historical adventure novel series is loved by homeschoolers. Henty, was a prolific british novelist, war correspondent, and imperialist born in trumpington, england. For the faint of heart, beware, this story is graphicof course, it is set in the time of french revoluion. Six hours of adventure in ancient egypt 1250 bc in the cat of bubastes, mr.
Henty 18321902, english author and journalist wrote a prolific amount of childrens stories during his lifetime, including a knight of the white cross 1896. Hentys books are also known for being historically accurate, making them both entertaining and educational for all readers. Henty books in chronological order for history immersion. Although his life included stints as an army officer at the height of the british empire, a war journalist and an explorer, his worldwide fame rests on.
Besides the recordings that are outlined below, you will also find the following jim weiss titles available at the welltrained mind press read unabridged by jim weiss. His most famous works include the young buglers 1880, with clive in india 1884 and wulf the saxon. Read unabridged by jim weiss henty short stories, volume i, by g. Wulf the saxon and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Lots of great short stories besides the 53 wonderful stories by g. These minor edits have made the henty books engaging to listeners who otherwise may never have sampled these great works of historical fiction.
George alfred henty 8 december 1832 16 november 1902, was a prolific english novelist, special correspondent and imperialist. Henty himself we have also included the 216 stories by his contemporaries who where copublished in the same books. Bowditch, by jean lee latham 1770s to early 1800susa world voyages about jim weiss g. Henty historical fiction novels are one of the finest collections of writings for boys a family can obtain or for even girls who have a fascination with history. These recordings have been remastered and are available exclusively on mp3download format at amazon, itunes, and cd baby. This year 2020, jim and randy weiss are celebrating jim weiss, llcs aka greathall productions 31st anniversary year of business. For over 25 years, millions of families have learned the stories of our world from jims recordings while in the car, in. Henty provides fascinating details of life in a roman villa, in the imperial palace, and in the villages of the tribal britons and accurately. So begins hentys preface to the lion of the north a tale of the times of gustavus adolphus published in 1886 just one of hentys 120 books, most of which were historical tales and adventure stories for boys which successfully combined fact with fiction.
This gives you an extra 269 stories in19 books besides the 99 fulllength henty books. Henty author, jim weiss author visit amazons jim weiss page. Jim weiss narrated audio books at simply audiobooks simply. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Henty, henty this topic has 5 replies, 5 voices, and was last updated 6 years, 2 months ago by missceegee. Even though henty wrote 122 childrens books, he also wrote nonfiction, adult novels, and short stories. Henty, the prolific victorian writer of vivid historical fiction.
Henty was a wellknown prolific author of historical adventure novels. Great for highinterest reading books or to supplement a history course. We not only listen to the tapes, we follow along in the book. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. Wulf is a saxon thane who is under the command of earl harold of wessex. Henty has 259 books on goodreads with 45364 ratings. I use audio as a means to teach my children inflection, changes in character voice, reading at a higher level, etc. Jim weiss narrated audio books at simply audiobooks.
If youve never read henty, youre in for a unique and enjoyable experience. Henty, henty this topic has 3 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 9 years, 6 months ago by rachel white. A tale of the fall of jerusalem the middle ages 870 the dragon and the raven. Jim weiss intelligent entertainment for the thinking.
Viewing 6 posts 1 through 6 of 6 total author posts february 26, 2014 at 5. We also offer audio versions read by jim weiss slightly abridged and recorded on regular cds and jim hodges uncut and recorded on single mp3 discs. I was excited to discover that weiss also had recorded quite a few books by g. Jeanne is director of brave writers homeschool alliance, which provides homeschool coaching, community, and grad. Hentys novels were an important contribution to the genre of boys historical adventure novels, which were extremely popular in the united states, britain, and other countries during the late 19th well into the 20th centuries. Jim weiss has been a professional storyteller, recording artist and author for over 28 years. Steeped in imperialism, ga hentys adventure tales reflected victorian values and an heroic englishness. Men of iron, by howard pyle 14001450england carry on mr.
Henty was an english author and a war correspondent. A story of the norman conquest by henty,ga,henty,george a. A good rule of thumb is that series have a conventional name and are intentional creations, on the part of the author or publisher. Henty was a 19th century british novelist known for historical action and adventure books, many of which were best sellers in his day. George alfred, 18321902 among malay pirates, and other tales of adventure and peril at aboukir and acre. If you start in chronological order with hentys books, you will travel through history all the way to 1900. He loves your recording of for the temple and i would like to continue to encourage him absorbing hentys wonderful historical literature. Hentyabridged telling by jim weiss published by greathall productions 2004 isbn 10.
He is always by harolds side, ready for adventure with his righthand man osgod and his best friend beorn. Henty gives his readers a fascinating picture of one of the greatest of the ancient peoples at the height of their civilization. Henty abridged telling by jim weiss published by greathall productions 2004 isbn 10. Henty george alfred henty first editions 1832 1902 george alfred henty 8 december 1832 16 november 1902 was a prolific english novelist and war correspondent. Henty wrote approximately 144 books in addition to stories for magazines and was known as the prince of storytellers and the boys own historian. A story of ancient egypt 220 bc the young carthaginian. Year title ancient history 1250 bc the cat of bubastes. Henty include the cat of bubastes unabridged, with lee in virginia unabridged, in the heart of the rockies. Beric, a dashing, young british chieftain, must fight for liberty from the forests of his homeland, where he defies legendary roman legions, to the roman colosseum, where he must employ gladiatorial skills to defend a persecuted christian girl. The concept was that jim would tell the stories instead of reading them wherein each character had a distinctive voice.
Explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month. Alas, the books are coming off the shelves and we will be incorporating the ga henty collection this year. Jim was born and raised in highland park, illinois, and received a. In these audio recordings, worldrenowned storyteller jim weiss brings history to life with warmth, humor, and life lessons. As a war correspondent henty gained the knowledge and acumen to quickly produce works to capture an.
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