<![CDATA[Life and Ventures of the Original John Jacob Astor by Elizabeth Louisa Gebhard]]> http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard en-us © 2026 LoyalBooks.com Loyal Books clean Loyal Books feeds@loyalbooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/image/ui/default-feed.jpg <![CDATA[Life and Ventures of the Original John Jacob Astor by Elizabeth Louisa Gebhard]]> http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard 43,200 <![CDATA[00 - Foreword]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_00_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 07:18 <![CDATA[01 - A Pivotal Day]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_01_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 08:06 <![CDATA[02 - The Forest Village on the Old Roman Road]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_02_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 10:59 <![CDATA[03 - The Village School and the Old Church Bells]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_03_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 07:33 <![CDATA[04 - Waiting Years]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_04_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 08:51 <![CDATA[05 - John Helffrich's Journal]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_05_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 12:20 <![CDATA[06 - Leaving Home]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_06_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 07:31 <![CDATA[07 - England and America]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_07_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 14:38 <![CDATA[08 - America]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_08_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 10:53 <![CDATA[09 - Beginning the Fur Business]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_09_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 11:13 <![CDATA[10 - New York a Little City]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_10_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 08:08 <![CDATA[11 - Starting in Business for Himself]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_11_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 09:40 <![CDATA[12 - John Jacob Astor's Home and Family]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_12_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 09:21 <![CDATA[13 - Independence Day While It was New]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_13_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 11:30 <![CDATA[14 - Traversing the Wilderness]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_14_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 16:23 <![CDATA[15 - By Canoe Through the Great Lakes]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_15_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 19:15 <![CDATA[16 - Extending the Fur Trade]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_16_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 11:06 <![CDATA[17 - The East India Pass No. 68]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_17_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 13:02 <![CDATA[18 - A New Century]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_18_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 12:20 <![CDATA[19 - A Vision that Crossed a Continent]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_19_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 14:00 <![CDATA[20 - The Voyage of the Tonquin]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_20_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 24:19 <![CDATA[21 - Over the Rockies to Astoria]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_21_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 32:18 <![CDATA[22 - Carrying Dispatches to Mr. Astor]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_22_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 18:31 <![CDATA[23 - England's Trophy]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_23_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 31:07 <![CDATA[24 - John Jacob Astor and the War of 1812]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_24_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 12:26 <![CDATA[25 - Landlord and Airlord]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_25_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 16:19 <![CDATA[26 - The Astor Family]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_26_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 11:16 <![CDATA[27 - The Astorhaus]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_27_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 09:53 <![CDATA[28 - Homes and Neighbors]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_28_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 12:15 <![CDATA[29 - Literary Friends and Business Companions]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_29_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 14:31 <![CDATA[30 - Writing "Astoria"]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_30_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 18:16 <![CDATA[31 - Founding the Astor Library]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_31_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 13:55 <![CDATA[32 - Gathering the Threads Together]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/life-and-ventures-of-astor-by-gebhard http://www.archive.org/download/lifeandventures_astor_1302_librivox/lifeandventures_32_gebhard_64kb.mp3 Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 11:16