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It Wasn’t About Slavery
- Exposing the Great Lie of the Civil War
- By: Samuel W. Mitcham
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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Was the Civil War really about slavery? Or was it a war fought over money? Civil War historian Samuel W. Mitcham Jr., (Vicksburg, Bust Hell Wide Open) opens his fascinating new book, It Wasn't About Slavery, with Dr. Grady McWhiney's claim....
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Abbeville Condensed
- By AC Gleason on 07-16-20
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It Wasn’t About Slavery
- Exposing the Great Lie of the Civil War
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 01-14-20
- Language: English
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Was the Civil War really about slavery? Or was it a war fought over money? Civil War historian Samuel W. Mitcham Jr., (Vicksburg, Bust Hell Wide Open) opens his fascinating new book, It Wasn't About Slavery, with Dr. Grady McWhiney's claim....
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A Queer History of the United States
- By: Michael Bronski
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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This audiobook abounds with startling examples of unknown or often ignored aspects of American history. Bronski documents how various incarnations of social purity movements have consistently attempted to regulate all sexuality, including fantasies, masturbation, and queer sex....
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Good read, misleading title
- By Morgan on 11-13-19
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A Queer History of the United States
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Series: ReVisioning History
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 06-12-18
- Language: English
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This audiobook abounds with startling examples of unknown or often ignored aspects of American history. Bronski documents how various incarnations of social purity movements have consistently attempted to regulate all sexuality, including fantasies, masturbation, and queer sex....
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A Young People's History of the United States
- By: Rebecca Stefoff, Howard Zinn
- Narrated by: Jeff Zinn
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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This audiobook brings to US history the viewpoints of workers, slaves, immigrants, women, Native Americans, and others whose stories, and their impact, are rarely included in stories for young people....
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An Inclusive History for Young People
- By Susie on 03-17-14
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A Young People's History of the United States
- Narrated by: Jeff Zinn
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 03-04-14
- Language: English
- This audiobook brings to US history the viewpoints of workers, slaves, immigrants, women, Native Americans, and others whose stories, and their impact, are rarely included in stories for young people....
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Burr
- A Novel (Narratives of Empire, Book 1)
- By: Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 21 hrs and 20 mins
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For listeners who can’t get enough of the hit Broadway musical Hamilton, Gore Vidal’s stunning novel about Aaron Burr, the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel - and who served as a successful, if often feared, statesman of our fledgling nation....
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Finally! Vidal's Great Take on the Life of Burr
- By John Norton on 06-12-19
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Burr
- A Novel (Narratives of Empire, Book 1)
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Series: Narratives of Empire, Book 1
- Length: 21 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 06-11-19
- Language: English
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For listeners who can’t get enough of the hit Broadway musical Hamilton, Gore Vidal’s stunning novel about Aaron Burr, the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel - and who served as a successful, if often feared, statesman of our fledgling nation....
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What Hath God Wrought
- The Transformation of America, 1815 - 1848
- By: Daniel Walker Howe
- Narrated by: Patrick Cullen
- Length: 32 hrs and 50 mins
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Historian Daniel Walker Howe illuminates the period from the Battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War....
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Fantastic content, faulty narration
- By Ary Shalizi on 04-12-11
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What Hath God Wrought
- The Transformation of America, 1815 - 1848
- Narrated by: Patrick Cullen
- Series: Oxford History of the United States [Publication Order], Book 6, Oxford History of the United States, Book 5
- Length: 32 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 01-09-09
- Language: English
- Historian Daniel Walker Howe illuminates the period from the Battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War....
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Turning Points in American History
- By: Edward T. O'Donnell, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Edward T. O'Donnell
- Length: 24 hrs and 28 mins
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These 48 lectures are your chance to relive the most groundbreaking moments in the fascinating story of the United States....
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Brilliant, Informative, Entertaining!
- By Quaker on 04-01-15
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Turning Points in American History
- Narrated by: Edward T. O'Donnell
- Series: The Great Courses: Modern History
- Length: 24 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 07-08-13
- Language: English
- These 48 lectures are your chance to relive the most groundbreaking moments in the fascinating story of the United States....
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The Coldest Winter
- America and the Korean War
- By: David Halberstam
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
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Up until now, the Korean War has been the black hole of modern American history. The Coldest Winter changes that....
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Almost as good as The Best and the Brightest
- By Doug on 10-02-07
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The Coldest Winter
- America and the Korean War
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 09-25-07
- Language: English
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Up until now, the Korean War has been the black hole of modern American history. The Coldest Winter changes that....
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Life After Power
- Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House
- By: Jared Cohen
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
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New York Times bestselling author of Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most powerful job in the world: President of the United States....
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Inspirational
- By MAB on 08-15-24
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Life After Power
- Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 02-13-24
- Language: English
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New York Times bestselling author of Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most powerful job in the world: President of the United States....
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9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America
- And Four Who Tried to Save Her
- By: Brion McClanahan
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America is a new look back at American history that unabashedly places blame for our nation's current problems on the backs of nine very flawed men....
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Political opinion without substance.
- By Ella's Dad on 04-27-18
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9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America
- And Four Who Tried to Save Her
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 04-26-16
- Language: English
- 9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America is a new look back at American history that unabashedly places blame for our nation's current problems on the backs of nine very flawed men....
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John Quincy Adams
- By: Harlow Giles Unger
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
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>He fought for Washington, served with Lincoln, witnessed Bunker Hill, and sounded the clarion against slavery on the eve of the Civil War....
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Informative and well written.
- By Gotta Tellya on 08-20-14
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John Quincy Adams
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 09-04-12
- Language: English
- >He fought for Washington, served with Lincoln, witnessed Bunker Hill, and sounded the clarion against slavery on the eve of the Civil War....
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
- Revisioning American History
- By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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Dunbar-Ortiz adroitly challenges the founding myth of the United States and shows how policy against the Indigenous peoples was colonialist and designed to seize the territories....
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Useful information, not quite listenable
- By endlessemma on 08-03-15
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
- Revisioning American History
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Series: ReVisioning History
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 11-18-14
- Language: English
- Dunbar-Ortiz adroitly challenges the founding myth of the United States and shows how policy against the Indigenous peoples was colonialist and designed to seize the territories....
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Killing Kennedy
- The End of Camelot
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Bill O'Reilly
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
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More than a million listeners have thrilled to Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln, the can't-stop-listening work of nonfiction about the shocking assassination that changed the course of American history....
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A book without a purpose
- By Alan on 10-04-12
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Killing Kennedy
- The End of Camelot
- Narrated by: Bill O'Reilly
- Series: The Killing Series (O'Reilly and Dugard)
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 10-02-12
- Language: English
- More than a million listeners have thrilled to Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln, the can't-stop-listening work of nonfiction about the shocking assassination that changed the course of American history....
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Grant
- By: Jean Edward Smith
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 29 hrs and 7 mins
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In this comprehensive biography, Jean Edward Smith reconciles conflicting assessments of Grant's life, arguing that Grant is greatly underrated as a president....
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Splendid Biography Inspires New Respect for Grant
- By John David on 10-07-19
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Grant
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 29 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 09-10-19
- Language: English
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In this comprehensive biography, Jean Edward Smith reconciles conflicting assessments of Grant's life, arguing that Grant is greatly underrated as a president....
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Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
- By: Jennifer Chiaverini
- Narrated by: Christina Moore
- Length: 14 hrs
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In Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker, novelist Jennifer Chiaverini presents a stunning account of the friendship that blossomed between Mary Todd Lincoln and her seamstress, Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Keckley....
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A Wonderful Re-Imagining of Mrs. Keckley's Life
- By Melissa on 03-04-13
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Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
- Narrated by: Christina Moore
- Length: 14 hrs
- Release date: 01-25-13
- Language: English
- In Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker, novelist Jennifer Chiaverini presents a stunning account of the friendship that blossomed between Mary Todd Lincoln and her seamstress, Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Keckley....
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An African American and Latinx History of the United States
- By: Paul Ortiz
- Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
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An intersectional history of the shared struggle for African American and Latinx civil rights....
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I had to return
- By Andrew Alvarez on 05-19-20
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An African American and Latinx History of the United States
- Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
- Series: ReVisioning History
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 01-30-18
- Language: English
- An intersectional history of the shared struggle for African American and Latinx civil rights....
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The Other Slavery
- The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
- By: Andrés Reséndez
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
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A landmark history - the sweeping story of the enslavement of tens of thousands of Indians across America, from the time of the conquistadors up to the early 20th century....
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overall a good book
- By Paola V. Hidalgo on 01-23-17
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The Other Slavery
- The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 11-04-16
- Language: English
- A landmark history - the sweeping story of the enslavement of tens of thousands of Indians across America, from the time of the conquistadors up to the early 20th century....
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The Broken Heart of America
- St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States
- By: Walter Johnson
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell
- Length: 15 hrs and 46 mins
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A searing portrait of the racial dynamics that lie inescapably at the heart of our nation, told through the turbulent history of the city of St. Louis....
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Sad & True,With Fascinating Facts of St.Louis Past
- By Ron G on 04-26-20
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The Broken Heart of America
- St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell
- Length: 15 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 04-14-20
- Language: English
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A searing portrait of the racial dynamics that lie inescapably at the heart of our nation, told through the turbulent history of the city of St. Louis....
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Empire of Liberty
- A History of the Early Republic
- By: Gordon S. Wood
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 30 hrs and 58 mins
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Named a New York Times Notable Book, Empire of Liberty offers a marvelous account of this pivotal era in American history....
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Excellent historical writing
- By Joseph on 01-14-10
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Empire of Liberty
- A History of the Early Republic
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Series: Oxford History of the United States, Book 4, Oxford History of the United States [Publication Order], Book 8
- Length: 30 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 12-21-09
- Language: English
- Named a New York Times Notable Book, Empire of Liberty offers a marvelous account of this pivotal era in American history....
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Enemies
- A History of the FBI
- By: Tim Weiner
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
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Enemies is the first definitive history of the FBI’s secret intelligence operations....
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Good book, just not for me
- By a on 11-12-12
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Enemies
- A History of the FBI
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 02-14-12
- Language: English
- Enemies is the first definitive history of the FBI’s secret intelligence operations....
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The American Story
- Conversations with Master Historians
- By: David M. Rubenstein, Carla Hayden - foreword
- Narrated by: David M. Rubenstein, David McCullough, Walter Isaacson, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
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Through his program The David Rubenstein Show, David Rubenstein has established himself as one of today’s most thoughtful interviewers. Now, in The American Story, David shares almost a dozen interviews that capture the brilliance of today’s most esteemed historians....
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Stories missing
- By Judith Princz on 01-02-20
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The American Story
- Conversations with Master Historians
- Narrated by: David M. Rubenstein, David McCullough, Walter Isaacson, Ron Chernow, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Taylor Branch, A. Scott Berg
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 10-29-19
- Language: English
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Through his program The David Rubenstein Show, David Rubenstein has established himself as one of today’s most thoughtful interviewers. Now, in The American Story, David shares almost a dozen interviews that capture the brilliance of today’s most esteemed historians....
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