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I recently dictated an audiobook for the Librivox.org Website (Librivox.org is dedicated to producing free, downloadable audiobook versions of literature that is no longer under copyright protection, produced by volunteers):

DOWNLOAD AUDIOBOOK LINK: "Life and Times of Joseph Warren" by Richard Frothingham

This book, written in 1868 by Richard Frothingham, is one of the definitive works on Joseph Warren, who (in my opinion) if he had survived the Battle of Bunker Hill, given his talent, drive, and patriotism, would have ranked right up there with Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Madison, and Franklin. As it was, as one of the earliest and most important "Sons of Liberty" in the embryo of resistance that formed in Boston, he was just as influential as Samuel Adams, more important than Paul Revere, and more consequential than John Hancock. It was his work in the Committees of Correspondence that laid the groundwork for the militia in the regions around Boston to be able to be in tune and respond when the day came on April 19, 1775.

Dr. Warren was a young physician, in his early thirties, educated and cultured, and was someone who could treat with the Authorities, the Governor and British Military directly in a way that Samuel Adams, with his "rabble rousing" baggage, could not.

When the time came to respond directly the to the Crown, it was he who authored "The Suffolk Resolves" in 1774 which baldly informed the Crown that the colonies were not going to meekly submit to the "Intolerable Acts", and was the first official step at a formal break with England. In his writing to the King, Warren resolved:

Boycott British imports, curtail exports, and refuse to use British products
To pay "no obedience" to the Massachusetts Government Act or the Boston Port Bill
Demand resignations from those appointed to positions under the Massachusetts Government Act
Refuse payment of taxes until the Massachusetts Government Act was repealed
Support a colonial government in Massachusetts free of royal authority until the Intolerable Acts were repealed
Urged the colonies to raise militia of their own people.

An extremely bold and risky statement, guaranteed to get your neck stretched in that day.

Anyway, the book was amazingly interesting to me, since besides learning more about this man, it was so thoroughly researched by the author, written less than 100 years after the events with the fresh documentation of those days still accessible, that it must be considered to be a unique book in its nearly day-to-day coverage of events, all the interactions and entreaties with the Colonial and British governments, with the British Army in Boston, the surrounding communities, and eventually, the rest of the Colonies.

I will apologize for my shortcomings in the audiobook version, as it was my first attempt, and it involved me attempting to dictate half a page of French, a paragraph of Latin, and even sing a song the Colonials based their own version on the famous "British Grenadiers" song which every American, even today, is recognizable.

I would go back and redo much of it now with what I learned, but since it took me about a year to do, I don't think I am going to. I am working with another Freeper (ProgressingAmerica) to build up a library of conservative audiobooks, and am really enjoying it.

If Audiobooks are not your thing, you can download the eBook Version at:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK LINK: "Life and Times of Joseph Warren" by Richard Frothingham