Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville
What Happened, Why it Matters, and What to See
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Jeff Shaara
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Jeff Shaara, America's premier Civil War novelist, gives a remarkable guided tour of one of the Civil War battlefields every American should visit. He captures the true meaning and magnitude of the conflict.
©2007 Jeff Shaara (P)2007 Random House, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,081
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 989
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 988
Like a well-crafted stage play, Just Passin' Thru delivers one suspenseful scene after another. But in this historic setting a store on the Appalachian Trail called Mountain Crossings the characters who show up are no fictional creations. Like any good drama, there are the good guys (and gals) and the weirdos, too. Some show up once (and that’s enough), and some appear again and again. But all are united by two things: the author’s story-capturing talent, and whatever it is that lures them to attempt (or conquer) a 2,200-mile path that climbs and plummets from Georgia to Maine.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Well Worth it!
- By Pamela M. on 11-13-14
By: Winton Porter
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Call the Nurse
- True Stories of a Country Nurse in Scotland's Western Isles
- By: Mary J. MacLeod
- Narrated by: Gwen Hughes
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,332
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,199
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,196
Tired of the pace and noise of life near London and longing for a better place to raise their young children, Mary J. MacLeod and her husband, George, encountered their dream while vacationing on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides. Enthralled by its windswept beauty, they soon were the proud and startled owners of a near-derelict croft house - a farmer’s stone cottage - on “a small acre” of land. Mary assumed duties as the island’s district nurse.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A 1970's Visiting Nurse on Rural Scottish Island
- By Sara on 09-10-14
By: Mary J. MacLeod