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White Cargo
- The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America
- By: Don Jordan, Michael Walsh
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
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In the 17th and 18th centuries, more than 300,000 white people were shipped to America as slaves. Urchins were swept up from London's streets to labor in the tobacco fields, where life expectancy was no more than two years. Brothels were raided to provide "breeders" for Virginia....
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Indentured Servitude is a false term.
- By M. Cashen on 03-09-22
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White Cargo
- The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 02-12-19
- Language: English
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In the 17th and 18th centuries, more than 300,000 white people were shipped to America as slaves. Urchins were swept up from London's streets to labor in the tobacco fields, where life expectancy was no more than two years. Brothels were raided to provide "breeders" for Virginia....
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Free Enterprise
- An American History
- By: Lawrence B. Glickman
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
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An incisive look at the intellectual and cultural history of free enterprise and its influence on American politics....
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Well written and interesting
- By Shielding C on 12-14-23
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Free Enterprise
- An American History
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 08-20-19
- Language: English
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An incisive look at the intellectual and cultural history of free enterprise and its influence on American politics....
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A Godly Hero
- The Life of William Jennings Bryan
- By: Michael Kazin
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
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Politician, evangelist, and reformer William Jennings Bryan was the most popular public speaker of his time. In this acclaimed biography, Michael Kazin illuminates his astonishing career and the richly diverse and volatile landscape of religion and politics in which he rose to fame....
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The Greatest Man to Never Win President
- By Anonymous User on 01-03-23
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A Godly Hero
- The Life of William Jennings Bryan
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 02-22-22
- Language: English
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Politician, evangelist, and reformer William Jennings Bryan was the most popular public speaker of his time. In this acclaimed biography, Michael Kazin illuminates his astonishing career and the richly diverse and volatile landscape of religion and politics in which he rose to fame....
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Living History
- By: Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Narrated by: Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
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Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet few beyond her close friends and family have ever heard her account of her extraordinary journey...
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Dare To Read - She Will Dare To Compete in 2008
- By Michael on 06-17-03
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Living History
- Narrated by: Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 06-09-03
- Language: English
- Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet few beyond her close friends and family have ever heard her account of her extraordinary journey...
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Immigration
- An American History
- By: Carl J. Bon Tempo, Hasia R. Diner
- Narrated by: Kathleen Li
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
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A sweeping narrative history of American immigration from the colonial period to the present....
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Immigration
- An American History
- Narrated by: Kathleen Li
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 11-29-22
- Language: English
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A sweeping narrative history of American immigration from the colonial period to the present....
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A Magnificent Catastrophe
- The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign
- By: Edward J. Larson
- Narrated by: John Dossett
- Length: 6 hrs
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A Magnificent Catastrophe tells the story of the most perverse, bizarre, nail-biting, and influential election battle ever in U.S. history: America's first true presidential campaign....
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Get this if you have to use it for a class!!!
- By Gabriel on 03-03-17
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A Magnificent Catastrophe
- The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign
- Narrated by: John Dossett
- Length: 6 hrs
- Release date: 09-21-07
- Language: English
- A Magnificent Catastrophe tells the story of the most perverse, bizarre, nail-biting, and influential election battle ever in U.S. history: America's first true presidential campaign....
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Lions of the West
- Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion
- By: Robert Morgan
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 18 hrs and 19 mins
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Thomas Jefferson, a naturalist and visionary, dreamed that the United States would stretch across the continent from ocean to ocean....
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Pretty good
- By Chelsey on 05-11-16
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Lions of the West
- Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 18 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 12-06-11
- Language: English
- Thomas Jefferson, a naturalist and visionary, dreamed that the United States would stretch across the continent from ocean to ocean....
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The Crowded Hour
- Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century
- By: Clay Risen
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
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The “gripping” (The Washington Post) story of the most famous regiment in American history: the Rough Riders, a motley group of soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt, whose daring exploits marked the beginning of American imperialism in the 20th century....
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Dissapointed
- By Bill on 09-13-19
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The Crowded Hour
- Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 06-04-19
- Language: English
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The “gripping” (The Washington Post) story of the most famous regiment in American history: the Rough Riders, a motley group of soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt, whose daring exploits marked the beginning of American imperialism in the 20th century....
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The Three-Cornered War
- The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
- By: Megan Kate Nelson
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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Megan Kate Nelson “expands our understanding of how the Civil War affected Indigenous peoples and helped to shape the nation” (Library Journal, starred review), reframing the era as one of national conflict - involving not just the North and South, but also the West....
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Absolutely Loved It
- By Kyle P. Dalton on 09-08-20
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The Three-Cornered War
- The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 02-11-20
- Language: English
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Megan Kate Nelson “expands our understanding of how the Civil War affected Indigenous peoples and helped to shape the nation” (Library Journal, starred review), reframing the era as one of national conflict - involving not just the North and South, but also the West....
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Prejudential
- Black America and the Presidents
- By: Margaret Kimberley
- Narrated by: Margaret Kimberley
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
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Prejudential is a concise, authoritative exploration of America’s relationship with race and Black Americans through the lens of the presidents who have been elected to represent all of its people....
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Some things never change
- By jeffrey W on 12-30-22
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Prejudential
- Black America and the Presidents
- Narrated by: Margaret Kimberley
- Series: Truth to Power
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 02-04-20
- Language: English
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Prejudential is a concise, authoritative exploration of America’s relationship with race and Black Americans through the lens of the presidents who have been elected to represent all of its people....
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1861: The Civil War Awakening
- By: Adam Goodheart
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
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As the United States marks the 150th anniversary of our defining national drama, 1861 presents a gripping and original account of how the Civil War began....
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Not what I expected
- By Sol on 07-01-11
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1861: The Civil War Awakening
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 04-05-11
- Language: English
- As the United States marks the 150th anniversary of our defining national drama, 1861 presents a gripping and original account of how the Civil War began....
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Fault Lines
- A History of the United States Since 1974
- By: Kevin M. Kruse, Julian E. Zelizer
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
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How did the US become so divided? Fault Lines offers a richly told, wide-angle history view toward an answer....
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Good overview of the past 45 years
- By Adam Shields on 02-26-19
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Fault Lines
- A History of the United States Since 1974
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 02-19-19
- Language: English
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How did the US become so divided? Fault Lines offers a richly told, wide-angle history view toward an answer....
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A Nation Without Borders
- The United States and Its World in an Age of Civil Wars, 1830-1910
- By: Steven Hahn
- Narrated by: Barry Press
- Length: 27 hrs and 8 mins
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In this monumental story of American imperial conquest and capitalist development, Steven Hahn dismantles the conventional histories of the 19th century....
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good overview of 19th century America
- By Becky L on 12-29-18
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A Nation Without Borders
- The United States and Its World in an Age of Civil Wars, 1830-1910
- Narrated by: Barry Press
- Series: The Penguin History of the United States, Book 3
- Length: 27 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 11-01-16
- Language: English
- In this monumental story of American imperial conquest and capitalist development, Steven Hahn dismantles the conventional histories of the 19th century....
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Martha Washington
- An American Life
- By: Patricia Brady
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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With this revelatory and painstakingly researched book, Martha Washington, the invisible woman of American history, at last gets the biography she deserves....
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In-depth portrayal of a woman we all think we know
- By Clarence on 04-05-21
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Martha Washington
- An American Life
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 04-30-19
- Language: English
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With this revelatory and painstakingly researched book, Martha Washington, the invisible woman of American history, at last gets the biography she deserves....
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20 Years in the Secret Service: New Edition
- My Life with Five Presidents
- By: Rufus W. Youngblood
- Narrated by: Tony Messano
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
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While highlighting his 20-year career in the Secret Service during which he protected Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon, US Secret Service Agent Rufus W. Youngblood describes the complexities and risks involved in protecting America's chief executive....
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Great first hand look into the USSS
- By Anonymous User on 06-05-18
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20 Years in the Secret Service: New Edition
- My Life with Five Presidents
- Narrated by: Tony Messano
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 05-25-18
- Language: English
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While highlighting his 20-year career in the Secret Service during which he protected Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon, US Secret Service Agent Rufus W. Youngblood describes the complexities and risks involved in protecting America's chief executive....
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The Last Republicans
- Inside the Extraordinary Relationship Between George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush
- By: Mark K. Updegrove
- Narrated by: Milton Jeffers
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
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A historian's revealing and intimate portrait of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush that explores their relationship as presidents and as father and son....
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Father and Son Presidents
- By Jean on 02-14-18
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The Last Republicans
- Inside the Extraordinary Relationship Between George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush
- Narrated by: Milton Jeffers
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 11-14-17
- Language: English
- A historian's revealing and intimate portrait of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush that explores their relationship as presidents and as father and son....
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Eisenhower
- A Life
- By: Paul Johnson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
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Acclaimed historian Paul Johnson’s lively, succinct biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower explores how his legacy endures today In the rousing style he’s famous for....
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Quick and to the point!
- By Grant Wentworth on 04-02-15
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Eisenhower
- A Life
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 09-04-14
- Language: English
- Acclaimed historian Paul Johnson’s lively, succinct biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower explores how his legacy endures today In the rousing style he’s famous for....
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The Lords of Creation
- By: Fredrick Lewis Allen
- Narrated by: William Hope
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
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An acclaimed classic detailing the economic history of America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and exposing the capitalist giants who changed the world....
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Brisk, listenable tale of big $, Gilded Age to 30s
- By Philo on 10-30-18
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The Lords of Creation
- Narrated by: William Hope
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 09-15-14
- Language: English
- An acclaimed classic detailing the economic history of America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and exposing the capitalist giants who changed the world....
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Manhunt
- The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
- By: James L. Swanson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
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The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin, John Wilkes Booth, led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild chase....
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Written by a Booth fanboy.
- By Alan on 08-18-16
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Manhunt
- The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 08-09-16
- Language: English
- The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin, John Wilkes Booth, led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild chase....
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Murder at the Mission
- A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West
- By: Blaine Harden
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
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From the New York Times best-selling author of Escape From Camp 14, a “terrifically readable” (Los Angeles Times) account of one of the most persistent “alternative facts” in American history: the story of a missionary....
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Good history; wanted more indigenous perspective.
- By Anonymous User on 07-06-21
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Murder at the Mission
- A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 04-27-21
- Language: English
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From the New York Times best-selling author of Escape From Camp 14, a “terrifically readable” (Los Angeles Times) account of one of the most persistent “alternative facts” in American history: the story of a missionary....
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