New audiobook release: Biographical Sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of American Independence

PGA Weblog ^ | 1/29/2025

[ProgressingAmerica]

What an important release this one is. Today, Benson Lossing's "Biographical Sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of American Independence" is ready for a listen.

This book has some really important sections in it which are not biographies at all, but a 1-by-1 explanation of what each grievance in the Declaration is in reference to. That makes this audio book surely one of a kind in that regard.

As for the biographies, most as audio are inbetween 5 to 10 minutes, giving a brief overview of all of these wonderful people. Some Founding Fathers never received a major biographical work until somewhat more recently, such as George Wythe. I will be dead before those ever reach copyright expiration so I'll never be able to have brought through LibriVox. That means for many Founders, this short biography you will hear is the only you will ever hear until someone else takes the time to have those created.

[deks]

Great!

[deks]

I didn’t know about... “LibriVox - Acoustical liberation of books in the public domain”

[ProgressingAmerica]

Ping.....

Perhaps worth mentioning, this book was re-released some years ago by Wallbuilders and appears to have seen many reprinted editions.

[ProgressingAmerica]

LibriVox is quickly becoming a valuable focal-point for so many things related to the Founders, it just required someone to commit to making it happen.

Browsing the keyword freeperbookclub you can find a lot that is not just directly the Founders themselves but also generals like Frederick William von Steuben, historians living in that era like Mercy Otis Warren, and many more.

https://freerepublic.com/tag/freeperbookclub/index

[ProgressingAmerica]

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[sauropod]

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[SisterK]

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[Bigg Red]

Thank you for posting this.

Kindly add me to your Revwar/Founders Ping List. Thank you.

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you.

[SunkenCiv]

[NonValueAdded]

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[mass55th]

Thanks for the info on the book. I’m not an audio book person, so I’ve put the Kindle edition in my wish list for future reference.

[Loud Mime]

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[the OlLine Rebel]

Lossing? That is so cool!

I have volume 2 of his Guidebook of the American Revolution. The original print.

It can be absolutely fascinating, just the fact these pieces are within a lifetime of the war.

[ProgressingAmerica]

NonValueAdded runs the Founders ping list - making sure your request is seen.

[ProgressingAmerica]

Hey thats ok!

I have said to people that when some of these audio books arrive, it will have the potential to grab readers who aren’t listeners and revive good books either way.

It is a really good book and I’m sure you will enjoy.

[mass55th]

Thanks!!

[ProgressingAmerica]

Did you mean “The pictorial field-book of the revolution”?

I can add it to my long list of books and it will get done, but not any time soon. If you’re interested in collaborating, let me know.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Thanks!