Jim Weiss Recordings Timeline
Over the years, Jim Weiss listeners have wanted to know when the stories took place and how they relate to each other in time. Here is a timeline that depicts when and where the stories (both literature and history) occur.
Please note that some collections appear more than once to reflect their varied content.
Title
Eras and Settings of Stories
Story of the World, Volume 1: Ancient Times 5000 BC – 400 AD
Egyptian Treasures: Mummies & Myths 3000 BC (Egypt)
Tales from Cultures Far & Near 3000 BC (China)
The Dragon Diaries 3000 BC (Covers 5000 years of dragon stories)
Jewish Holiday Stories 2000 BC through 300 BC (Middle East)
Pharaohs and Queens of Ancient Egypt 1500 BC – 1200 BC
The Cat of Bubastes (G.A. Henty)* 1250 BC (Egypt)
Greek Myths 1000 BC (Greece)
She & He: Adventures in Mythology 1000 BC (Greece)
Courage and a Clear Mind: True Adventures of the Ancient Greeks 1000 BC (Greece)
Shakespeare for Children (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) 1000 BC (Greece)
A Treasury of Wisdom (Solomon) 1000 BC (Israel)
Animal Tales (Aesop) 600 BC
Galileo & the Stargazers (Archimedes) 400 BC (Sicily)
A Treasury of Wisdom (Diogenes) 400 BC (Greece)
A Treasury of Wisdom (Alexander the Great) 300 BC (Greece)
The Young Carthaginian (G.A. Henty)* 220 BC (Rome/Carthage)
Julius Caesar and the Story of Rome 44 BC (Rome)
A Treasury of Wisdom (The Good Samaritan) 1st Century AD
Beric the Briton (G.A. Henty)* 62 AD (Ancient Britain, Rome)
For the Temple (G.A. Henty)* 70 AD (Jerusalem)
Story of the World, Volume 2: The Middle Ages 400 AD – 1600 AD
Heroes in Mythology (Odin and the Norse Men) 500 AD (Norse)
Celtic Treasures 500 AD (Ireland)
Arabian Nights Medieval (Arabia, Persia)
King Arthur & His Knights Medieval (Britain)
The Reluctant Dragon Medieval (Britain)
Fairytale Favorites in Story & Song Medieval/Renaissance (Europe)
Best Loved Stories in Song & Dance Medieval/Renaissance (Europe)
Giants! Medieval/Renaissance (Europe)
Tell Me A Story Medieval/Renaissance (Europe)
Tales from Cultures Far & Near 1000 AD (Egypt, Medieval Japan, Renaissance Spain, plus updated Lakota Sioux, Senegal)
Wulf the Saxon (G.A. Henty)* 1066 (England)
Robin Hood 1100 AD (England)
In Freedoms Cause (G.A. Henty)* 1296 AD – 1314 AD (Scotland and England)
The Lion of St. Mark (G.A. Henty)* 1300 AD (Venice, Italy)
Men of Iron (Howard Pyle) 1400 AD – 1450 AD (England)
Romeo and Juliet Renaissance (Italy)
Shakespeare for Children (Taming of the Shrew) Renaissance (Italy)
Masters of the Renaissance Renaissance (Italy)
A Treasury of Wisdom (Raphael, Michelangelo) 1515 AD (Italy)
Galileo & the Stargazers (Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo) Renaissance (Europe)
The Prince & the Pauper 1500 AD (England)
The Queen’s Pirate 1500 AD (England, Spain, Caribbean)
The Three Musketeers 1600s (France)
The Lion of the North (G.A. Henty)* 1618 – 1648 (The Thirty Years’ War – Europe)
Genius Times Four (Isaac Newton) 1642 – 1727 (England)
Galileo & the Stargazers (Isaac Newton) 1700 (England)
Rip Van Winkle/Gulliver’s Travels Late 1700s (United States, England)
Thomas Jefferson’s America Late 1700s – 1826 (United States)
George Washington 1732 – 1799 (United States)
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch (Jean Lee Latham) 1770s – Early 1800s (United States -World Voyages)
A Tale of Two Cities 1790s (London and Paris – French Revolution)
In the Reign of Terror (G.A. Henty)* 1793 (French Revolution)
Napoleon and the French Revolution 1789-1815 (France, Europe, and the Americas)
The Count of Monte Cristo 1815 -1844 (France, Rome, Monte Cristo, Greece, Constantinople)
The Jungle Book 1800s (India)
Gone West 1803-1869 (United States)
G.A. Henty’s Short Stories, Volume 1* 1800s (Frontier Ohio), Late 1800s (England)
A Christmas Carol & Other Favorites (A Christmas Carol, Dick 1850 (Victorian England, California Spindler’s Family Christmas) Gold Rush)
Treasure Island 1800s (England)
Tales from Cultures Far and Near 1800s (Native American, Senegal)
American Tall Tales 1800s (United States)
Abraham Lincoln and the Heart of America 1809-1865 (Civil War)
Women in Blue or Gray 1850-1865 (Civil War)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1840s (United States)
The Adventurous Life of Theodore Roosevelt 1858-1919 (United States)
I Said I Could and I Did (Nellie Bly) 1864-1922
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 1867-1868
Genius Times Four (Curie Family) 1867-1965 (Poland, France)
Genius Times Four (Albert Einstein) 1879-1955 (Europe, United States)
I Said I Could and I Did (Harry Truman) 1884-1972 (United States)
The Hound of the Baskervilles 1889 (England)
A Treasury of Wisdom 1890 (Japan)
I Said I Could and I Did (Yip Harburg) 1896-1981 (United States)
I Said I Could and I Did (Ira Gershwin) 1896-1983 (United States)
Spooky Classics 1800s (United States) 1900s (England, India)
My Father’s Dragon 20th Century
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 1900s (Kansas, Kingdom of Oz)
A Christmas Carol and Other Favorites (The Gift of the Magi) 1900s (New York City)
Sherlock Holmes for Children 1900 (England)
Mystery! Mystery! for Children 1900 (England, France)
A Treasury of Wisdom (Beatrix Potter) 1900 (England)
I Said I Could and I Did (Langston Hughes) 1902-1967 (United States)
I Said I Could and I Did (Grace Hopper) 1906-1992 (United States)
Genius Times Four (Gertrude Elion) 1918-1999 (United States)
The Boxcar Children 1920s (United States)
A Treasury of Wisdom (Satchel Paige) 1930s (United States)
*Jim Weiss’s performances of G.A. Henty’s novels are available on Amazon.com.
