Audio Editions - NEH Summertime Favorites: Grades 7 to 8

The Last of the Mohicans
Author: James Fenimore Cooper, Reader: Bill Weideman

A rousing adventure of the early American frontier during the French-Indian War, thundering with battles, attacks, escapes, rescues – even romance. Hawkeye, the quintessential frontier man, and his two Mohican companions rescue two English women kidnapped by Hurons allied to the French. The women's recapture sets off an Indian war. A classic.

Unabridged, 13 CDs, Fiction-Classic, F9N135, 9781597371353, $44.95
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Robinson Crusoe
Author: Daniel Defoe, Reader: Tom Casaletto

The baroque, enduring tale of a man shipwrecked on a small island. With courage and ingenuity, Crusoe creates a life for himself from nothing. He struggles to survive all alone, until the welcome appearance of a partner, his man Friday.

Unabridged, 9 CDs, Fiction-Classic, F9N145, 9781597371452, $36.95
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A Christmas Carol
Author: Charles Dickens, Reader: Miriam Margolyes

Don't miss this production of Dickens' most famous work. In her inimitable style, Miriam Margolyes brings to life the memorable cast of this yuletide treasure: Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and Ebenezer Scrooge. Jim Carrey stars in the new movie. "Masterfully done... top marks for this one; Dickens would be delighted."—AudioFile
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Unabridged, 2 cassettes, Fiction-Classic, Holiday, F21115, 9781572701151, Now $17.95 $6.95
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The Voice of the Poet: Robert Frost
Author/Reader: Robert Frost, Robert Frost

"I shall be telling this with a sigh, somewhere ages and ages hence..." The poems of this four-time Pulitzer Prize winner have become part of the American imagination. Few have written as engagingly about the rural life and landscape, or explored our spiritual condition with more wisdom. Includes Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Mending Wall, The Road Not Taken, Birches, The Gift Outright, and many more. "[He] reads his own work well... Frost's voice is deep and resonant, reflecting age, but also the purposeful choice of words."—AudioFile
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Abridged, 1 CD, Poetry, D1R661, 9780553756616, $19.95
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Across Five Aprils
Author: Irene Hunt, Reader: Terry Bregy

Becoming a man is never easy. For Jethro Creighton, who comes of age during the turbulent years of the Civil War, the journey is more difficult than usual. He must learn on his own, left behind on the family farm in Illinois. By the Newbery Award-winning author of Up a Road Slowly. Newbery Honor Book, 1965. "Brégy projects a sense of wonder as he narrates the splendid text... an outstanding audio."—AudioFile

Unabridged, 5 CDs, Young Listeners, 9-12, H5X275, 9781883332754, $44.95
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The Story of My Life
Author: Helen Keller, Reader: Mary Woods

Too stubborn to remain in the background, too insistent to be silent, this most famous blind and deaf woman tells her remarkable story of courage and determination. The Academy Award-winning movie The Miracle Worker described a several-month period in her childhood. Now hear about the rest of her early years, from age seven to 22. She learned to read in several languages, graduated with honors from Radcliffe, wrote 13 books, and became a spokesperson for disabled people everywhere.

Unabridged, 7 CDs, Biography, E7B846, 9780786198467, Now $56.00 $50.40
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