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Frontier Grit
- The Unlikely True Stories of Daring Pioneer Women
- Narrado por: Caroline Shaffer
- Duración: 5 h y 48 m
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Discover the stories of 12 women who heard the call to settle the West and who came from all points of the globe to begin their journeys.
As a slave Clara watched helplessly as her husband and children were sold, only to be reunited with her youngest daughter as a free woman six decades later.
As a young girl, Charlotte hid her gender to escape a life of poverty and became the greatest stagecoach driver who ever lived.
As a Native American, Gertrude fought to give her people a voice and to educate leaders about the ways and importance of America's native people.
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Thomas Jefferson had three daughters: Martha and Maria by his wife, Martha Wayles Jefferson, and Harriet by his slave Sally Hemings. Although the three women shared a father, the similarities end there. Martha and Maria received a fine convent school education while they lived with their father during his diplomatic posting in Paris. Once they returned home, however, the sisters found their options limited by the laws and customs of early America. Harriet Hemings followed a different path. She escaped slavery — apparently with the assistance of Jefferson himself.
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Never Caught
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- Narrado por: Robin Miles
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When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left behind his beloved Mount Vernon to serve in Philadelphia, the temporary seat of the nation's capital. In setting up his household, he took Tobias Lear, his celebrated secretary, and eight slaves, including Ona Judge, about which little has been written. As he grew accustomed to Northern ways, there was one change he couldn't get his arms around: Pennsylvania law required enslaved people be set free after six months of residency in the state. Washington decided to circumvent the law.
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They Were Christians
- The Inspiring Faith of Men and Women Who Changed the World
- De: Cristobal Krusen
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
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What do Abraham Lincoln, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Louis Pasteur, Frederick Douglass, Florence Nightingale, and John D. Rockefeller, Sr., all have in common? They all changed the world - and they were all Christians. Now the little-known stories of faith behind 12 influential people of history are available in one inspiring volume. They Were Christians reveals the faith-filled motivations behind some of the most outstanding political, scientific, and humanitarian contributions of history.
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De: Cristobal Krusen
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America's Women
- 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines (Unabridged Selections)
- De: Gail Collins
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America's Women tells the story of more than four centuries of history. It features a stunning array of personalities, from the women peering worriedly over the side of the Mayflower to feminists having a grand old time protesting beauty pageants and bridal fairs. Courageous, silly, funny, and heartbreaking, these women shaped the nation and our vision of what it means to be female in America.
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Not all there
- De Dirk Williams en 04-02-12
De: Gail Collins
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The Road to Dawn: Josiah Henson and the Story That Sparked the Civil War
- De: Jared A. Brock
- Narrado por: Ryan Vincent Anderson
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This sweeping biography about the man who was the inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is an epic tale of courage and bravery in the face of unimaginable trials. The Road to Dawn tells the improbable story of Josiah Henson - a dynamic, driven man with exceptional intelligence and unyielding principles, who overcame incredible odds to escape from slavery and improve the lives of hundreds of freedmen throughout his long life. He was immortalized by Harriet Beecher Stowe in her 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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Great book and very informative
- De plcd22 en 07-04-18
De: Jared A. Brock
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Twilight at Monticello
- The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson
- De: Alan Pell Crawford
- Narrado por: James Boles
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Much has been written about Thomas Jefferson, with good reason: His life was a great American drama, one of the greatest, played out in compelling acts. He was the architect of our democracy, a visionary chief executive who expanded this nation's physical boundaries to unimagined lengths.
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After Leaving Office
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A House Full of Females
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- De: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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A stunning and sure to be controversial book that pieces together, through more than two dozen 19th-century diaries, letters, albums, minute books, and quilts left by first-generation Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, the never before told story of the earliest days of the women of Mormon "plural marriage", whose right to vote in the state of Utah was given to them by a Mormon-dominated legislature as an outgrowth of polygamy in 1870, 50 years ahead of the vote nationally ratified by Congress.
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Well-behaved women seldom write in diaries
- De Darwin8u en 01-13-17
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Patriotic Treason
- John Brown and the Soul of America
- De: Evan Carton
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John Brown is a lightning rod of history. Yet he is poorly understood and most commonly described in stereotypes, as a madman, martyr, or enigma. Not until Patriotic Treason has a biography or history brought him so fully to life, in scintillating prose and moving detail, making his life and legacy - and the staggering sacrifices he made for his ideals - fascinatingly relevant to today's issues of social justice and to defining the line between activism and terrorism.
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A Jarring Reminder of Antebellum America
- De Ronald A. Nelson en 12-22-06
De: Evan Carton
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The Devil's Half Acre
- The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South's Most Notorious Slave Jail
- De: Kristen Green
- Narrado por: Deanna Anthony
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New York Times best-selling author Kristen Green draws on years of research to tell the extraordinary and little-known story of young Mary Lumpkin, an enslaved woman who blazed a path of liberation for thousands. She was forced to have the children of a brutal slave trader and live on the premises of his slave jail, known as the “Devil’s Half Acre”. When she inherited the jail after the death of her slaveholder, she transformed it into “God’s Half Acre”, a school where Black men could fulfill their dreams.
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Preachy
- De Elizabeth Combs en 09-13-22
De: Kristen Green
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Marmee and Louisa
- The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother
- De: Eve LaPlante
- Narrado por: Karen White
- Duración: 14 h y 34 m
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Biographers have consistently credited her father, Bronson Alcott, for Louisa May Alcott's professional success, assuming that this outspoken idealist was the source of her progressive thinking and remarkable independence. But in this riveting dual biography, Eve LaPlante explodes those myths, drawing on unknown and unexplored letters and journals to show that Louisa's "Marmee", Abigail May Alcott, was in fact the intellectual and emotional center of her daughter's world. It was Abigail who urged Louisa to write, who inspired many of her stories, and who gave her the support and courage she needed to pursue her path.
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Hardworking women and the man they supported
- De Chris en 04-26-13
De: Eve LaPlante
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Heaven’s Ditch
- God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal
- De: Jack Kelly
- Narrado por: Andrew Reilly
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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The technological marvel of its age, the Erie Canal grew out of a sudden fit of inspiration. Proponents didn't just dream; they built a 360-mile waterway entirely by hand and largely through wilderness. As excitement crackled down its length, the canal became the scene of the most striking outburst of imagination in American history. Zealots invented new religions and new modes of living. The Erie Canal made New York the financial capital of America and brought the modern world crashing into the frontier.
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An under told story of the United States.
- De JayHey en 08-28-16
De: Jack Kelly
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Histories of the United States often overlook the women who shaped the nation. Museums, textbooks, historical sites, and even documentaries omit essential parts of the whole because they leave out her story. Join Allison K. Lange, historian and professor, as she guides you through the fascinating lives of 12 early Americans, all of them women.
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The number one New York Times best seller by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important chapter in the American story that's "as resonant today as ever" (The Wall Street Journal) - the settling of the Northwest Territory by courageous pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would define our country.
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In the fall of 1918, 13-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia's overcrowded streets and slums, and from the anti-German sentiment that compelled her father to enlist in the US Army, hoping to prove his loyalty. But an even more urgent threat has arrived. Spanish influenza is spreading through the city. Soon, dead and dying are everywhere. With no food at home, Pia must venture out in search of supplies, leaving her infant twin brothers alone....
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The Radium Girls
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The year was 1917. As a war raged across the world, young American women flocked to work, painting watches, clocks, and military dials with a special luminous substance made from radium. It was a fun job, lucrative and glamorous - the girls themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered head to toe in the dust from the paint. They were the radium girls. As the years passed, the women began to suffer from mysterious and crippling illnesses.
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- Kirsten Gillies
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Narrator ruins this book.
I have only listened to a couple of chapters so far. Although the stories of these women have the potential to be humorous, harrowing and fascinating ... any chance of my being captivated is out the window due to the robotic, monotone voice of the narrator. It sounds almost computer-generated, similar to what you hear on some Tik-Tok videos. I'm not sure I can actually endure listening to several more hours of this, unless my goal is to fall into a deep sleep. Very disappointing, I was actually looking forward to some empowering tales of sassy ladies. They may be in there somewhere, but not sure I'll make it! Darn.
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- Montzalee Wittmann
- 11-14-20
Courageous and tenacious women!
Frontier Grit
The Unlikely True Stories of Daring Pioneer Women
By: Marianne Monson
Narrated by: Caroline Shaffer
This is a remarkable collection of strong women who, each in their own way, conquered the west and the barriers that was placed in front of them with courage and tenacious gumption. It tells of 12 women from different walks of life, totally different stories, but all very intriguing and interesting! This was a free listen with Audible Plus! Recommend it highly!
Terrific narration also!
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- oldgal
- 10-13-19
I Love This Book!!!!!!
I've been researching strong women for decades, particularly women during pioneer times and places in anticipation of writing a book about my female ancestors. This book is right at the top of "the best" of books for both my research and my entertainment. The voice is compelling, the information fascinating, and although I thought I was well informed on the subject, these women were new to me. What a fabulous book for anyone interested in learning about the diversity of strengths to be found in both the gender as a whole, and the women she individually describes. I was sorry when I came to the end of the book and could have listened to many more of these true stories. Oh! And that is another thing absolutely and completely top-notch. She is 100% citable in all aspects of her reporting. If she has no "proof," she says so. But 98% of the stories are 100% proven by the vast and varied research she has done on each woman. Bravo!
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- Cyndi & David Blake
- 01-08-23
So many wonderful women’s stories of times long ago
A great read! Narrated by Caroline Shaffer, who did a wonderful job. Loved her voice and even her accents.
The pioneer grit these wonderful ladies had during each of their stories was very inspiring and moving. Sometimes, I felt my eyes welling up with tears. The strength and courage these women had and the grit to get through what seemed like an endless oppression in their time was eye-opening indeed.
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- Dilmo
- 08-16-21
An agenda book
The stories are interesting, but it’s another book where the author has to put in her feminist agenda.
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- Ilsa's Adventures
- 06-15-22
Grit & determination won the west!
Written through many viewpoints, female in nature, this book explores how women of grit & tenacity bought their freedom, won the vote, excelled a man's job, & made a difference. The author tackles each subject with an understanding of the times & challenges us to be our better selves. Very well written & narrated. Recommend!
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- Trey S.
- 09-08-23
Fantastic stories
Loved these stories, and I am glad she shared these women’s lives. There is a large variety of experiences, and it is definitely worth a listen.
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- Faith Davis
- 12-22-20
AMAZING Stories!!
These women's stories are inspiring & motivating! Hard work is the key. Women are AMAZING!!
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- Cynthia Edwards
- 09-07-20
Great Book!
I loved the book, it was inspirational. Each chapter was about a different woman. I wish however the chapters were labeled with their names.
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- GreeneBean books
- 10-30-22
Women of the past illuminate and amaze
These accounts of women who dug in and made a difference were amazing and inspiring. I enjoyed that Marianne Monson found accounts of women from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. I will listen to this again.
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